Ten Levels Up
Nature. Inspiration. Poetry. Art. Love.
Suspended A brilliant Blue from blue haze sky Simply remarkable A strong wind Touches the edge of beauty Separating the eye lashes Glimmering silvers And witnessing the gathering grass Full bodied Restful yet excited By the sun sky wonders
The splinter Of the cool summer Invisible drops Holding endless passion Sand dust memories You know it Emanating Gems that float A fern of special promise
Sun glass Covered with triple tree shadows Melting corn A smell of craft and strength Amongst hidden heat papers Scribed with sharpened chalk Holding stories Tightly With air chapters to remember
George Odarquaye Lamptey — The Experimental Poet Crystal Palace Park, June 2022
Feeding the inspiration Well, the words have fed the inspiration for the art. The inspiration for the art comes from a desire to traverse poetry into a range of different mediums, where the journey is poetry itself. With AI these artistic creations have been born. They are part of the essence of poetry. A window into another form of beauty.
The poem itself was born from stillness. The stillness I appreciate and experienced in sitting in a park, having that precious thing called time to see this beautiful fern-like tree in the distance, almost suspended in the sky.
In each verse of the poem, I’ve taken on a journey and allowed exploration through artificial intelligence for the artwork to be born. They represent living forms that I believe will fuel further poetry. That’s a beautiful thing for the cycle to continue…