Moonflower Vine & Hummingbird, © 2019 Michelle Kogan, WIP, watercolor & watercolor pencil.
Happy Poetry Friday!
What to do when the world won’t stop spinning… retreat to poetry and art. I squeezed in the beginning of a painting this afternoon–outside in the sunshine, even though a thousand other demands were calling me… And even though I shouldn’t start another new painting, but my moonflowers have been beckoning me. My reward this lovely humming bird that was close enough to almost touch my nose, what a treat.
My poem today came to me while on a walk this week, those are good for decompressing too! I think it’s more or less a list poem–sending a bit of dandy into the blogosphere…
FIVE O’CLOCKISH WALK
Bailiwick
and
daily walks
doggie walkers
nose noodling air
nose noodling phones,
rush hour jets hum
cicadas hum louder
squirrel’s five o’clockish call
sirens streaming down
falls five o’clockish sun
nature’s natural spotlight,
periwinkle blue surprise
for slowing down one’s eyes…
Butter churned yellow
challenges
dusty kissed rose,
both beguiling begonias,
proudest pink
Japanese anemones
loaded with loving specialties,
sprinkler cycling full circle
tickling low hanging leaves
dwindling down,
down down
dripping drops as
day slips dandily away.
© 2019 Michelle Kogan
Carol Varsalona at her blog Beyond Literacy Link is Rounding us all up for this weeks Poetry Friday features, thanks Carol! She’s offering some mouth watering imagery, poems, and more from her Embraceable Summer Travels Across the World, make sure to stop by it’s terrific!
Visit Renée LaTulippe’s site No Water River to find out more about what Poetry Friday is.
Michelle Kogan Illustration, Painting, & Writing 
I love the delicacy of your moonflower vine…and how delightful that you had a hummingbird so close! The sounds, rhythms, and unexpected twists of your poem are a pleasure.
Michelle, your list poem leads me into a wonder walk of nature’s and the world’s finest treasures in your locale. Love this line: nature’s natural spotlight because there are so many to watch and lollygag the day away or as you said so poetically: day slips dandily away. Many thanks for this morning pleasure-a gorgeous close up of a hummingbird and a lovely poem.
Love the painting and the hummingbird. Thank goodness we can turn to art and poetry in times like this.
I’m glad you painted so we could love the picture, Michelle, & hear about that hummingbird. And I love the idea of the sprinkler ‘tickling low hanging leaves” among all the other lovely images. Take deep breaths. The world is whirling, I know, but I have hopes for a good end!
Your poem sends lots of dandies into the world. I’m glad you slowed down enough to notice all these treasures and wrap them up for us in such a playful poem.
Michelle! Love this rhythmic montage of 5 o’clockish glories!
Thanks Heidi—walks are great refreshers…
I opened your link and as I gazed at your painting I was made calm. Then I read your poem and was wowed by it’s business.
“day slips dandily away” 🙂 Love that! And the hummingbird that kept you company… a real dandy as well, no doubt.
I’m so glad you heeded the call of the moonflower and captured it and that lovely hummingbird in your painting! Beautiful! I also love your list poem and all that it celebrates as the day winds down.