It's Still Life

WHAT DO YOU MOST LIKE ABOUT YOUR WRITING

That is the question.
And here is my answer:

The pictures.

I love art.
If I could,
I would live in a museum
with polished light birch floors
and white matte walls,
open
air
no doors.

And
I’d place
a long sofa
in the middle of the room.
Nothing else,
that’s all.
Quite spartan.

Yesterday, I decided that I was bored living with my blog’s theme. It’s like writing on the walls of a museum. Black and white. Blank. No fuss. No dust. No must-fill-up the page with stuff. I might start a new poetry blog. New address. Like wearing a new dress. A bit of colour. Just because I can. But I’ll lose most of my followers here.

I would sit
with Bruegel’s proverbs,
Klimt’s forests
and Lowry’s tower,
Spencer’s love
and many failures,
those iron gates
of Mandalay,

a leg,
a bird,
a sail
a smile
an impish word,
to live
amongst still life.

But would you follow ……

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For Miz Quickly’s Day 8: What do you like most about your writing.  Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting #apoemaday on Twitter