ARTSPEAK: Happy! poem "Yellow Irises" by Irene Latham

Hello and welcome to ARTSPEAK: Happy! my 2019 National Poetry Month poem a day project, in which I am responding to pieces of art that make me happy. Read why in my introductory post.

*If you're looking for today's line (from me!) in our Progressive Poem, please click here.

Poems so far in ARTSPEAK: Happy!:

Girl in a Yellow Dress after "A Girl in a Yellow Dress, 1917" by Amedeo Modigliani

When the Stars Come to Town after "Cafe Terrace at Night" by Vincent van Gogh

On a Golden Day in May after "Checkered House" by Grandma Moses

Beach Time after "Children Playing on the Beach" by Mary Cassatt

The Weight of Happiness after "Flower Seller" by Diego Rivera

By the Sea "Coastal Scene with Gulls" by Maud Lewis

Sister Song after an untitled piece by Henry Darger

Two Cows after "2 Cows" by Maud Lewis

Girl in Hat after "Girl in Hat" by Norman Lewis

Backstage after "Dancers in Green and Yellow" by Edgar Degas. 

"So Many Suns" after Kohbar of Mithila

"To an Olive Tree" after Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun by Vincent van Gogh

"Three Black Cats" after Three Black Cats by Maud Lewis

"When Grandma Reads" after Mrs. Cassatt Reading to her Grandchildren by Mary Cassatt

"On a June Afternoon" after Pigeon on a Peach Branch by Emperor Huizong

"On the Water" after On the Water by Mary Cassatt

"Autumn Prayer" after Red Vineyard at Arles by Vincent van Gogh

"Julie Manet with Cat" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

"When a Horse Writes a Poem" after Horse Head on a Yellow Background 1953 by Fernand Leger.

"Fiddle Song" after The Fiddler by Marc Chagall

"A Dream of Yellow" after Tree Against a Yellow Background by Odilon Redon

"The Letter" after The Letter by Mary Cassatt

"To a Sunflower" after Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh

"Only in Summer" after The Yellow Boat by Gustave Caillebotte

"Wish I May, Wish I Might" after Starry Night Over the Rhone by Vincent van Gogh

"The Guitarist" after Girl in Yellow and Blue with a Guitar by Henri Matisse

"First Day of Autumn" after Wheat Fields with Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh

"Anticipation" after Woman with a Yellow Jacket by August Macke

Today's piece is Yellow Irises with Pink Cloud by Claude Monet.

Yellow Irises

- after Yellow Irises with Pink Cloud by Claude Monet

wide-awake blooms

dutifully shine

across brightest hours

but when evening comes

they grab handfuls

of purple sky –

a surprise gift

for the next butterfly

who happens by

- Irene Latham