“Tuscan Countryside” by Rosanne Kaloustian
gold flecks warm subtle umber tones
where sunsets breach copses of cypress
brushing haloes on grainy weaved canvas
wearing portraits of culture reborn
to poets and painters and patrons
civic humanist theories
rear genius from medieval darkness
theological intrigues surround
anatomical ethics ensculpted in
stones of vernacular science
adorning the crenels that crown
philosophic entablature plastering
palaces built amidst commoner masonry
gardened with scholarly grasses
wild-flowered riverbanks channel
swift currents of sparkling ingenious ideas
watering fields of esthetic ambrosia
casting their scent across white marble cities
unhinged of their doors, dismantled of gates
thrown wide open to eagerly hail
intellectual throngs of posterity
(originally posted May 2013)
Poesy plus Polemics 
A beautiful painting and word images to match!
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It’s a beautiful region with such rich history.
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I wish I had your command of both visceral and technical language. I’ll have to read this one a few more times! 😀
AB
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Thanks you for the kind words. I hope it stands up to rereading.
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I love, “wearing portraits of culture reborn”.
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Me too.
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Beautiful words
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It’s a beautiful subject.
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Yum, so beautiful I think I drooled a little. ‘When words are delicious’
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your delightful comment is dearly appreciated
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This is gorgeous, of course…and I take back any hopeful thought that I could equal your vocab with my new dictionary…you creamed me with “entablature” 🙂
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oh – pshaw – I don’t like to hear such things – it’s just one of a clutch of words that have stuck with me since I studied (but never pursued) architecture – more than 50 years ago
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Okay, I’ll offer the occasional Bible study Greek or Hebrew word and we’ll call it even 🙂
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Whew, that was a long breath, but worth it. 🙂
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thanks for hanging in there
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