i'm having my annual California art workshop again this year. It will be in Joshua Tree National Park instead of the usual Anza Borrego State Park, where it's been held for the last 4 years. If interested call me: 7742929664...website is www.jmurrayart.com .

Picasso's Dream

SILVER

The polished spoon-;

reflections slide

and spark

ABSINTHE

On the canvas,

a flattened woman twists

and shatters

LEOPARD

Deep in Monmartre

an African merchant licks

his ivory teeth

SUGAR

Wetting his brush, the artist parts

the sweet thighs of commerce-;

objects ring like good glass

-john murray