A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 142

Day 142: “Each Poem”


Each poem I write

Is a love letter to myself


It’s permission to explore

To dive deep

To be unapologetic

To be myself


It’s a chance to try something new

Write something new


To go back in time

To look to the future

All while being completely in the present


To escape into this moment

To know myself

To get to know myself


To have fun

Be fearless

Put myself out there

Be okay with putting myself out there


To be silly

Carefree

To learn to relax

Not take myself so seriously


Poetry is a magic wand

A powerful tool


I wonder who I’ll be when this is done

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 139

Day 139: “The Power of Art”


Art is subjective, yes

But that doesn’t make it less powerful


Something doesn’t have to make sense to others

For it to be meaningful to you


And something doesn’t have to make sense to you

For it to be meaningful to others


Art has the power to transform

And horrify

Move

And offend


It can bring out emotion

And indifference


What a powerful thing

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 98

Day 98: “Painting”


Sometimes I think I could be a painter

I like to wet my brush

And see what I can create


I always start from something else

Usually an Albert Marquet painting

I like the nature

Mixed with European architecture


I see how well I can mimic


I take creative liberties

Usually on the colors

And dumbing down the design a bit

To something more in my wheelhouse


I have a lot of fun

And am almost always proud of the finished product

Even if my paintings look best when you’re standing far away