In February I wrote COVID & Creativity, a piece highlighting artist and friend, Veronique Burke, whose creativity finds voice on canvas as well as in paper mache, pottery and mosaic. The joy she experiences through creative expression is clear in her work.
Recently Veronique decided to assemble a collection of her favorite paintings and asked some of her writer friends to create poems to pair with her work. I loved the idea and the opportunity to join her in this fun project. To date I've completed four pairings. Here's the first I'd like to share ...
Coastal Dawn
On a cold gray Pacific dawn
In a damp bag inside a damp tent
Salt air, seaweed tang, and strong coffee
Permeate the tight air
The coffee drags me from our tent
Ocean vista my reward
He knows this, he does this for me
To get my aching body moving,
to begin a new day
Huddled tight on a driftwood log
Coffee hot in gloved hands, we listen
To gulls and heron call overhead, and
Gentle waves lap the sandy shore
Awash with sunset memories under bluing sky
We plan our day in early morning calm
As the chatter of day hikers invades,
We hoist our backpacks and head out,
in search of solitude
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