Artistic Interpretations - Skeleton Poetry

Galapagos Turtle - Geochelone elephantopus

I am happy to host once again "Artistic Interpretations with Margaret".  I struggled with what to call this month's theme - and ended up coming up with the obvious:  "Skeleton Poetry".  But I leave it up to you to interpret what that means.

Recently I visited Washington DC and visited numerous museums and photographed numerous exhibits and famous artwork - (collecting months of images for future challenges)  The images posted here were taken from the Natural History Museum's exhibit "Bones & Mummies".

Black Caiman - Melanosuchus niger

Following are a few poems  that deal with skeletons - however, please do not let this limit or define your response…

All Poetry - Poems about Skeletons

On the Skeleton of a Hound

The Skeleton in Armor

My Skeleton and below is a YouTube video of Jane Hirshfield exploring an ode… a poem which talks directly to the object of the poem - here she speaks to her skeleton.



For this challenge I do require a new poem or a greatly re-worked one.  Please link your specific post to "Mr. Linky" below.  As we know, Friday is often a hectic day, so please feel free to submit late and remember - Monday is "Open Link" here in the Garden.  Thank you, and I look forward to your artistic  interpretations.

If this challenge is a success and "The Garden" willing, I can resurrect this challenge in the future and post different images - I took over 50 black & white skeleton photographs!   My artist daughter has expressed a wish to draw some of my images, so maybe that will be another route in which we can explore this theme.  

Tiger - Panthera tigris

Kingfisher - Mergaceryle torquata

Common Bullfrog - Rana catesbeiana

Bighorn Sheep - Ovis canadensis

Flying Lemur - Order Dermoptera