Breakfast Conversation poem

 Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Tricia at the Miss Rumphius Effect for Roundup.

I'm away from my desk today, but I did want to pop in with the latest poem in my ArtSpeak: PICASSO series! 

One of the reasons I chose Picasso as my 2025 theme was because I wanted to challenge myself. 

I love Impressionism and Post-Impressionism...it would have made so much more sense for me to select Monet or van Gogh! 

But. Just like it makes one a better writer to read AGAINST one's taste, the same may be true for this project. The way to grow is to be willing to be uncomfortable. Since I am not in love with the art, not making instant emotional connections as one does to the art one loves, it's forcing me to look deeper, to see things differently, and to make new and surprising connections.

For this painting, I was thinking about eating meals together in silence. How an onlooker might draw a conclusion that this family has nothing to say to one another. But what if the opposite is true? 

Breakfast Conversation

cling-clang

my spoon

rings the bowl

sip-savor

Mama grips

her coffee-

flavored milk

crackle-hum

Papa reads

while he eats

(but never leaves

a crumb)

yummy-grumble

my tummy sings—

who needs words?

- Irene Latham