Brighid Schroer

This head emerges restless in line
a chaos of colour        sweeps
of the brush            vehement across
and swirling in switchbacks
paint layered    scraped back
layered again and again thick, thick
viscous    dark and glowing   urgent
to reach the fierce inner core.

Concentrated thought
deep eyes slashed black
a cheek squirling and crumbling
mouth carrying pain
burdened and beautiful
strong in repose.

(Auerbach came to the UK at the age of 8 with the Kindertransport.)

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Forty-Three e-Newsletter • Number 501 • January 2021
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