Crimson Creativity

FASCINATING BOOK COVERS

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RUBY TUESDAY

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CRIMSON CREATIVITY

Black, white and scarlet; scarlet, black and white;

Design at its very best, a positive delight.

'Sisters Red' is the title, yet one sister is dark,

Making one sense conflict, a rivalry that's stark.

There are no eyes; the lack of them creates a mystery;

If there were eyes, what expressions would we be able to see?

The curls of the hair are combining; the patterns intermingle;

I see the sisters as twins, not as siblings who are single.

Love mixed with hatred, that comes through, with right on neither side;

Maybe a terrible jealousy that cannot be denied.

That a tragedy's involved is almost certain, because we see

Another face at the bottom, making character number three!

A demon face we missed before with red eyes all aglow!

So wickedness must be involved; this figure says it's so.

I love the design of this cover! The almost-symmetry

And the intriguing story, which must be fantasy.

Commercial art is indeed an art, as I frequently discover.

Not only design but persuasion......'Come on! Look inside the cover!'

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                                                                                                          Sisley

VAGUE

(An acrostic)

Valleys and hills dissolve in mist
All is vague, all merged, and faint.
Gardens with flowers and trees persist
Under a pale and light-starved paint.
Earth with a muted atmosphere.

An artist's view of a fading year.

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