Good morning dear reader
Jenni wanted us to to explore a past collaboration we may have participated in, and that led me directly to 2014. A project I worked on saw me paired with a British artist named Heather Burns. We came up with a piece called Spring Park Bench. I wrote, she drew. We inspired each other, and after many iterations of the piece, we came up with what I would consider a masterpiece. I will post the original Spring Park Bench to provide context, followed by my poem for today. I hope you enjoy.
Rod E Kok
What seems a lifetime,
time has passed
since I sat
on that park bench
in the spring.
What seems just yesterday
since we spoke;
words and art
entwined together
forever.
Heather and drab,
you and I;
passion for our
art
ignited a wellspring
of emotion,
of color.
What seems a lifetime
since we sat
on that
park bench
in the spring.
In the first poem I really enjoyed the rhyme of "peers" and "veneer". I also enjoyed the ending of the gale blowing the speaker over. I like how the collaboration of "Spring Park Bench" becomes a physical object to sit upon in the second poem.
ReplyDeleteYour writing makes the memory so fresh - I almost feel the spring air.
ReplyDeleteI love both of these poems, but the one from the collaboration, touched something deep inside. Thanks for sharing.
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