Okay, back to ARTSPEAK! This year's theme is "Plant. Grow Eat." It was inspired by the release of my latest book FRESH DELICIOUS: Poems from the Farmers' Market. Here are the poems so far:
"Gardener's Companion" after The Watering Can by Georges Seurat
Today's piece is an etching, and since I am busybusy today preparing for my trip (this afternoon!) to Hattiesburg, MS for the amazing Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival (this year featuring Joyce Sidman! Jacqueline Woodson! Melissa Sweet! And so many others!!), this piece about garden work snagged my attention.
There are so many chores associated with gardening -- and with being a human (haircuts, washing clothes, grocery shopping) -- and maybe they aren't all that glamorous, but they are kind of necessary. Just like everything I've got to accomplish before I hit the highway!
Orchard Barber Shop
- after "Gardener Pruning a Tree" by Jacques Callot
Gardener
turns barber
when
trees needs a trim –
snip,
clip, slashhhhh!
And
then –
a
bower full of flowers
bears fashionable fruit,
each
shiny face
boasting a slick, fresh style
that's
just-right around the ears –
All
because the gardener
picked
up a pair of shears.
- Irene Latham
I look forward to revising this one. :) Listen to me read the poem on Soundcloud.
What a fun image, Irene--and I love "a bower full of flowers
ReplyDeletebears fashionable fruit,"
Have fun at the festival!