Homage to Titian
after a poem by Antonio Colinas
I have seen your shades of gold
wavering in candle light;
your greens in Mediterranean daybreak
over plum trees;
your ochers in cancerous walls
corroded by salt;
your blacks in grasping vines
laden with death;
your reds in every tile of Venice
and on the nails in crucifixions.
David Lee Garrison was named Ohio Poet of the Year in 2014. His most recent book is Light in the River (Dos Madres Press).