Poetry Archives - Page 3 of 12 - The Artwork of Travis Trium Perfectum

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

I’m Sorry I Felt Pretty in Hell

I'm Sorry I Felt Pretty in Hell Charcoal, pastel & original poetry on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper – Available here 16 x 20″ Fine Art Print – Available here The way the world makes you feel like you have to apologize for who and what you are. The way christianity bestows this guilt and condemnation upon you for being human. This is something that must be destroyed as it continues to do a disservice to the human experience. This piece speaks to that feeling. ▾▾▾...

April 9, 2025April 8, 2025

The Pillars of Love and Hope

Hope is but a Wound Charcoal, pastel & original poetry on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper – Available here 16 x 20″ Fine Art Print – Available here The writing on the piece reads “This will end, but you haven't come to terms with that yet. It'll all be okay is just something you say when your hope begins to spiral and unravel away...” ▾▾▾...

March 26, 2025March 25, 2025

Hope is but a Wound

Hope is but a Wound Charcoal, pastel & original poetry on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper – Available here 16 x 20″ Fine Art Print – Available here The writing on the piece reads “I mourn under a splintered sky all the promises I've left behind. Hope is but a wound that grows through the mercy that never was. Your tears roll down assigning my path which I will use to damage you.” ▾▾▾...

March 19, 2025March 18, 2025

A New Death We Allowed to Survive

A New Death We Allowed to Survive Charcoal, pastel & original poetry on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper – Available at my upcoming tour dates 16 x 20″ Fine Art Print – Available here The writing on the piece reads “If this isn't the end, it is the beginning in the acceptance of it. Show me what's left so I can walk away in my mind and go through the motions. People close to me know my innermost self has been strangled; a murder-suicide. They recognize the unraveling and giving in; hope untied. A new death slides in slowly and......

March 12, 2025

Misery Cascade

Misery Cascade Charcoal, pastel & original poetry on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper – Available here 16 x 20″ Fine Art Print – Available here The writing on the piece reads “There is nothing living within me anymore. Remnants frayed, a misery cascade. Alone is where I leave you. Dismantled and unable. Minutes turn to years lost.” ▾▾▾...

February 26, 2025March 5, 2025

What Makes Me Happy

What Makes Me Happy Charcoal, pastel & original poetry on 9 x 12″ 140lb watercolor paper – SOLD 11 x 14″ Fine Art Print – Available I like twisting the comforts you give me, watching your body writhe and contract. You tremble and hang on my every word. It's something I cherish, something you'll never have back. ▾▾▾JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI0NzglMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjI4NDklMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGZzBYZEluNzhmMVUlMjIlMjB0aXRsZSUzRCUyMlRpbWVsYXBzZSUyMENyZWF0aW9uJTIwb2YlMjBXaGF0JTIwTWFrZXMlMjBNZSUyMEhhcHB5JTIwJTIwJTIzYXJ0JTIwJTIzY3JlZXB5YXJ0JTIwJTIzZHJhd2luZyUyMCUyM2RhcmthcnQlMjAlMjNob3Jyb3JhcnQlMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvdyUzRCUyMmFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXIlM0IlMjBhdXRvcGxheSUzQiUyMGNsaXBib2FyZC13cml0ZSUzQiUyMGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYSUzQiUyMGd5cm9zY29wZSUzQiUyMHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSUzQiUyMHdlYi1zaGFyZSUyMiUyMHJlZmVycmVycG9saWN5JTNEJTIyc3RyaWN0LW9yaWdpbi13aGVuLWNyb3NzLW9yaWdpbiUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==...

February 12, 2025February 26, 2025

Becoming Strangers

Becoming Strangers Charcoal, pastel & original poetry on 9 x 12″ 140lb watercolor paper – SOLD 11 x 14″ Fine Art Print – Available The world got into you. It changed your being for the worst. I'm left here thinking about all the times we've had and all the ones that never will be. ▾▾▾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...

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

Empathy Shape with Human Shrapnel

Empathy Shape with Human Shrapnel Charcoal, pastel & original poetry on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper – SOLD 16 x 20" Fine Art Print - Available here The writing on the piece reads "You trace my face looking for an empathy shape. I keep my form to endure more harm, a spike sharpened with human shrapnel. I made an elegant hole in you to drown, drain your sanctity upside-down." ▾▾▾...

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025

I Hold Your Halo Hostage

I Hold Your Halo Hostage Charcoal, pastel & original poetry on 18 x 24″ 140lb watercolor paper – Original available starting at Oddities & Curiosities in Louisville, KY February 1st & 2nd 16 x 20″ Fine Art Print – Available here “I hold your halo hostage for your hopes and dreams you forgot you wanted. I'm becoming a black hole. A wound with no beginning or end. Jagged and imprecise, an emotion that never consumes me the same way twice. No chance of bleeding out, no chance of life.” ▾▾▾...

December 18, 2024December 28, 2024

Hope Unraveling – Exhibition Synopsis

I realize this exhibition just completed ten days ago, but it's wild how quickly I move onto new work and what's to come. Moments like this give me a moment to reflect on what Hope Unraveling meant to me as an artist and the challenge I posed to myself. My fifth solo exhibition debuted more work than any before along with Hope is the Prelude to Misery, a moving video sculpture that seemed to captivate viewers throughout the weekend. My intention with this show was to deconstruct the word "hope." To put it in a different light and allow audiences......