Mixed Media Artist
Recent visitors to RMBM know that I have been enjoying exploring art journaling. Friends have heard ad nauseam about how excited I was to take my first ever class with Kelly Kilmer at Kept Creations in Whitman, Massachusetts. Well, lovelies, I was not disappointed. It was a wonderful day of creating, learning, laughing and stretching …
I read about found poems and thought I’d try to make one. I thought I’d like to make one about my writing this year and this is what happened. All text was repurposed from Inspirations catalog of home furnishings.
Scratching itches Scabs fly free Scaly skin escapes Slithering Swirling Spiraling forward Sharp incisors Slick sleek tongue Sick saliva spraying Scintillating Sparkly Spectacular Snake, I see you I succumb Spurred on by strange circumstances Softly you surround me Silkily you insinuate Reasons I should celebrate Silently after a season of storms You sneak in shrewdly …
I’ve seen berets I’ve seen berets Everywhere I’ve looked this month I’ve seen them on the covers Of poetry books of old The books I’ve read to remind me Of how I started writing. Berets of wool, of cotton and of celluloid On heads young and old Male and female I saw a young man …
April 15, 2012 Wild turkey gobbling Under my open window Strange new lullaby
April 15, 2012 April Mosquito Overachieving Mother Leg itching wildly
Winter is over fishercats growl all night long hungry for living