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Wow, summer is HERE! I'm super-grateful for time spent this week with readers and writers of all ages at Clay Public Library and Oneonta Public Library. Thank you!
This week's ArtSpeak: PICASSO features Pablo's son Claude at age two, playing with his hobby horse. I immediately wondered: what was it like to grow up with Picasso as a father?
Lucky for us, Claude shares about this experience here. The "lessons" Claude learned from Picasso can totally be applied to the writing life as well: take risks! play! don't delay!
I struggled a bit with the poem and finally landed at a 5-7-5 syllable count that got me experimenting with using the haiku 5-7-5 structure to write a narrative about Picasso and his life...fun! Thanks so much for reading.
While Picasso paints
they trot, gallop, nicker, neigh!
Claude and his toy horse
- Irene Latham
I love where you landed, Irene! I've really been enjoying, through your Picasso dive this year, discovering all these pieces that I've never seen. Off to read more about Claude — thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the interview link. I didn't know Picasso had children at all. I never thought about it. The description of Claude's love for Henri Matisse made me giggle. Isn't it the way of all kids to think someone else is more interesting?! This haiku distills that immediacy of a kid playing parallel to a famous Dad. Dad is just Dad. Claude is just Claude. Wonderful.
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