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Poetry
the definition of art
by Jim Bennett
white mesh honeycomb
transforms light as you move
changes shape
draws you in
makes you think
you are seeing
into other dimensions
it is all in the eye of course
but something happens here
the shadows live
like creatures in your mind
challenging you to make
new pictures
to move
to see it differently
confined only by your own
creation
the artist worked with
wire and shaped the skeleton
wound it with ribbon
to give it substance
bound it with plaster and paint
you could take a hammer
and reduce it to its parts
but like this
it is something else
something more than its parts
and connected to you
it is recreated
an infinite number of times
changes as you change
perhaps that is the definition of art
or perhaps it is our attempt
to interpret the frightening
unknown universe
and all that science
has left mankind
of the knowledge
we once called magic
Jim Bennett is married with six children and lives near Liverpool in the UK. He is a full time writer, performance poet, and teaches creative writing and Science Fiction at Liverpool University and on the MA Writing Course at Edge Hill University College.