#Poetry Friday–Spring Flowers & Decisions

Red Rose, Carnation, Calla Lily, and Hummingbird, WIP, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil.

Happy Poetry Friday!

I shared a cherita poem this week for #NaPoWriMo and a WIP Painting. As I continued working on the painting I decided to write a second cherita that would  continue on from the first poem. Below are both ending with the second.

 

RED ROSE AND CARNATION

Red Rose rose–

Dignified, delicate, and 
determined to dance…

Alas Carnation cut in,
curtailing her charismatic character. 
Can’t we cohabitate cordially, Rose commented.

© 2019 Michelle Kogan

 

RED ROSE, CARNATION,  AND CALLA LILY

Hummingbird hovered by…

Hum, hum, hum, sang hummingbird’s wings– 
Beauty lies in harmony she sang

Off she flew– 
Red Rose, rose to dance, Carnation curtsied, 
and Calla lily contentedly sighed.

© 2019 Michelle Kogan

I’ve been having to deal with some neighbor decisions this week and looked for a poem that might address or shift my thoughts from the dilemma that is at hand. (A neighbor’s beloved tree that she wants to have sprayed to save, and my concerns over the spraying of pesticides.) Here’s what I found to temporarily distract me.

BOTTLED WATER

by Kim Dower

I go to the corner liquor store

for a bottle of water, middle

of a hectic day, must get out

of the office, stop making decisions,

quit obsessing does my blue skirt clash

with my hot pink flats; should I get

my mother a caregiver or just put her

in a home, and I pull open the glass

refrigerator door, am confronted

by brands—Arrowhead, Glitter Geyser,

Deer Park, spring, summer, winter water,

and clearly the bosses of bottled water:

Real Water and Smart Water—how different

will they taste? If I drink Smart Water

will I raise my IQ but be less authentic?

Read the rest of the poem here

 

Also, currently the Poetry Foundation has a rich collection on Poetry and the Environment

Carol Varsalona at her blog Beyond Literacy Link is hosting this weeks Poetry Friday Roundup. I’m looking forward to checking out what she’s offering, hope you’ll stop by too! Thanks for hosting Carol!

For National Poetry Month, I’m writing poems inspired by art that I create or have created. Visit these spots on line to participate in National Poetry Month: Academy of American Poets,  Jama’s Rattigan’s Blog for the Kidlitoshphere Events Roundup:Jama’s Alphabet Soup  and #NaPoWriMo