
Camille Pissarro
Tiny brushstrokes
tiny blobs of paint
not a person
not a horse
nor a dog
but the idea
of that thing
suggested in oils
no single detail making any sense
on its own
but taken as a whole
instantly recognisible
genius on the end
of a sable brush
coloured pigments
mixed with linseed oil
applied on canvas
breathing eternal life
into the inhabitants
of Upper Norwood
John Lyons