Poetry in Art Group with Leaders Colleen Mirassou and Barb Gottesman

POETRY IN ART

People in this group are reading aloud their favorite classic poems and then creating art works inspired by the poems.  We also create our own poems and paint art works inspired by them.  Now we are learning to write haiku and creating collages, acrylics, pastels, drawings, and watercolors inspired by our own haiku. We presented our work to the membership on November 7 to a very appreciative audience.  Three new people joined our group!

Tuesdays, begins at 10:30 am

A Fragile Tree I am Not

Dorothy Douquet

Newfoundland

by Kathleen Budros

Peace - let it begin with me.

Red Flower by Karin Bogliolo

Swedish Love

Demurely,

Karin gazes at Carl from the bath;

His paintbrush dances.

Kathleen Budros June 2023

Carl Larsson

Why do we love any artist's work so much?

Carl Larsson, for me, has that very special touch.

All of his work moves me and speaks to my heart,

I am the biggest poetic fan of Carl Larsson's art.

Watercolors in bright, deep hues,

Of family fun and country views.

The beauty of nature is his delight

Home décor of flowers and natural light.

I love this artist because he paints with love

The love of his home, his wife and also of

His many children, friends and animals too.

Carl Larsson, Swedish artist, I love you!

Kathleen Budros  June 2023

A FRAGILE TREE I AM NOT

It happend on February 1933

I was planted on Earth

At birth

Like a fragile tree.

Though swept over the years

By currents of seasonal storms

There was enough tenderness

In the air

For me not to despair.

My roots were preserved

To make me stand firm

Through given time

To embrace my destiny.

A fragile tree I am not

I was planted on Earth

To be strong from birth.

          Shirley Kuramoto

Morning Thinking

Sometimes there is something that isn't

This collage is something

A landscape it isn't

A house it isn't

A person it isn't

Animals don't look like this

Nor does the ocean.

But it is something.

Something colorful, forceful and settling

Soft colors

With lines and shapes in harmony.

Mysteriously floating

Suggesting a story of your own.

Yes, this is something that is or isn't.

                    By Colleen Mirassou

                    May 31, 2022

Colleen Mirassou

Barbara Gottesman

My Domain

I gaze o'et my land

Encompassing all I rule,

Loving all I see.

               by Dorothy Douquet

               April 10, 2022

Losing Butterflies

In the long ago days

I chased butterflies all summer long

As they fluttered by in

Great profusion.

Today they are so rare that

They startle me in their loneliness.

Amazing metamorphosis from

Squiggly caterpillar to angel of delight.

A stained glass window

Taking flight.

                    by

Barbara Gottesman

September 6, 2022

Alone

Sleep, sleep where are you?

I need to escape my lonely hours.

I want t feel alive.

But sleep deserts me and leaves me wishing

And wanting more.

I want to grow older with you

Think of this....We are talking of happy

Days and wish we had been less sensible and

Laughed more.

*It is true, time flies with someone you

Love, but it slows down when you are alone.

                         Linda Hackel

                         July 17, 2023

Alone

Watercolor on Yupo

by Linda Hackel