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Belle Bleu Femme

Posted on December 23, 2018October 4, 2020 by admin

A poem, written in French, inspired by Henri Matisse’s painting Blue Nude II.

Blue Nude II, 1952

Belle femme

Grande belle femme bleue

Ses lignes sont épaisses puis fines, elles s’écoulent

Tu es assise, tu es agenouillée, tu tiens et recules

La place a été à toi

Tu mérites la place pour les jambes

à remuer le bras et montrer la poitrine

Ce monde est à toi

Donc prends-le et perçois-le

Protège-le de leur mécontentement 

translated into English:

Beautiful woman

Tall beautiful blue woman

Your lines are thick to thin they flow

You sit, you tuck, you hold and shrink

The space was yours

You deserved the leg room

To wiggle your toes and open your legs

To spread your arms and bare your chest

This world is yours

So take it and claim it

Protect it from their unrest 

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