In addition to being an artist, Markus Lüpertz was a poet. Throughout the exhibition, share your Lüpertz-inspired poems with us to win prizes. Every other week, we’ll issue a new poetry challenge based on images or themes in the exhibition for fresh inspiration and chances to win.
Baumstamm Abwaerts Dithyrambisch (Tree Trunk Down—Dithyrambic), 1966. Distemper on canvas, 98 1/2 x 71 in. Hall Collection, Courtesy Hall Art Foundation
THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:
Create a haiku inspired by the colors and shapes in Markus Lüpertz’s Baumstamm Abwaerts Dithyrambisch (Tree Trunk Down—Dithyrambic). A traditional haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count.
THIS WEEK’S PRIZE: Four anytime tickets to The Phillips Collection
TO ENTER: Leave your poem in the comments here, or share on social media with #LupertzPoem. We’ll select winners on Friday, August 18.
**UPDATE: The winning poem was submitted by Katherine Rutsala:
So quartered and drawn
the green golden tree trunk flies.
The forgiving sky.
Tree in bleu Is not a bleu nature. Viva der Blaue Reiter
Blue tree is not The blues of the narure. Viva der Blaue Reiter
So quartered and drawn
the green golden tree trunk flies.
The forgiving sky.
Congratulations! You are the winner of four anytime tickets to The Phillips Collection. Please email contests@phillipscollection.org with “Poetry Challenge” in the subject line to claim your prize. Thank you for participating!
Amy Wike, The Phillips Collection
escaping the routine
once alive a whole,
equal springs came and went.
the last season is felt, multiplied.
Free Tree
Untethered, afloat
Unkeen to house the downer
In a tree trance
Sylvan Hysteria
dusken axe-wielding
cuts to creamy center trunk
intoxicated