by Dr Abe V Rotor
TOO SOON THE BUD OPENS
Painting in acrylic (12" x 17")
You come in springtime and autumn,
too eager a bud ahead of your time;
what promise of life awaits tomorrow
from where you've broken through?
Whichever path you take from now,
you'll miss the adventure of youth
in summer, and stillness of winter,
Oh, how could you live to the full?
"For having lost but once your prime,
you'll always tarry," so says a poet;
"It's now or never," so sings a bard,
and I, I've neither a poem nor a song.
GRASS
Painting in acrylic (18" x 21")
Sway with the breeze,
dance with the wind;
Greet the sun with dewdrops
clinging;
In summer turn golden,
and bow,
And die sweetly to feed
the world.
A LOVELY PAIR IN A BOWER
Painting in acrylic (11.5" X 16")
Let the world go by in their bower,
lovers blind to the busy world,
away from the maddening crowd;
fleeting moment is forever,
to this pair in their lair.
Wonder in our midst who we are,
blind to each other, but the world,
strange this crowd we are in;
where's this lovely pair,
where's their bower?
SYMBIOSIS
Pisces and Echinoderms
Painting in acrylic (8" X 10")
Distant in phylogeny, yet live they together
in one community we call ecology,
ever since the beginning of our living world,
millions of years ago before man was born
to rule, to reign supreme over all creation;
wonder what Homo sapiens means
to true peace and harmony
beyond his rationality.
SEA URCHIN
Painting in acrylic ( 11" x 13.5")
You're all made of spikes,
I can't see the real you;
in your invincible armor
in any view.
Wonder how many of us
live like the urchin
in silent, unknown ways
and never seen.
SECRET OF THE HEART
Painting in Acrylic (13.5" x 13.5")
Hidden, the heart throbs
in deep silence;
two nails embedded,
unseen in pretence
of living, loving, caring,
the highest art,
filling the five chambers
of the heart.
INNOCENCE IN NATURE
Painting in acrylic (17.5" x 21.75")
Abstract over realism can you paint innocence,
move over classics, you are too pure
to be true, and impressionism too assuming,
with apologies to Monet's azure sky.
Oh! abstract indeed is a child's innocence,
buds in early spring, grains ripening;
heart of a true friend, pledge of real love,
growing in the passing of time.
Colors are mere symbols, wanting to behold,
the magnificence of mind and heart,
triumph of the human spirit over our frailty,
the most challenging of all art.~
ART OF THE CATERPILLAR
Painting in acrylic (11” x 14”)
Caterpillar, when you are gone
two things come to mind:
the butterfly you have become,
and the damage you have done
and left behind.
Art, art, whatever way defined,
the subject on the wall,
or dripping on the floor,
art, art you aren't hard to find
after all. ~
WEANING
Painting in acrylic (8” x 10”)
A trio in adventure weaned out
of their nest too soon;
to explore the world beyond,
like the Prodigal Son.
What lies in the deep and dark
cavern with many eyes,
but monsters real or imagined
lurking for a prize.
It’s inevitable stage of life,
all creatures undergo;
weaning - crossing the bridge
and cutting it, too.
FISH SWARMING
Painting in acrylic (9” x 17”)
I’ve seen jellyfish swarming,
Plankton in coral reefs glowing;
a myriad fireflies mingling
with the stars, linking us all
to a Supreme Being. ~
Wild pigeon (bato-bato), pangaw (Ilk)
Philippine Hawk, Avilon Zoo San Mateo
Taking pride of ones craft.
Apple mangoes, Don Antopnio Subd, Diliman QC
Floating lotus flowers, Thailand
Baby rabbits
Bronze sea lion, Thailand
Prize catch to market - siriw
Fruit cart, Darwin, Australia
Vegetable market, MM
Fish sauce (patis) for sale in a wet market, MM
First to see dragon fruit. Origin: Vietnam
Friendly owl. Avilon Zoo, San Mateo, Rizal
Bunny at home, QC
Garland of Dioscorea, relative of the ubi, at home QC
Listening to the sea with tambuli shell, MM
