Jinksy and I have been working on a little collaboration project recently, which has been great fun! I have written a short poem to go with one of her artworks, you can see the artwork and read the poem here. In return Jinksy wrote the following poems in response to my painting of fishing boats on Lake Malawi.
As nightfall approaches,
fishing boat lights
wink across lake water,
while a tired sun,
preparing to sleep,
settles into a pillow of hills.
No rest for the fishermen
who turn night into day,
and entice fish with pseudo suns.
*
Old hills wait,
ready to close eyes
at day's end.
Darkness falls,
and busy boatmen entice fish
towards mock sun flares.
*
The land waits.
A pillow of hills
tempt the Sun,
who craves sleep.
Busy boatmen entice fish
by imitation.
fishing boat lights
wink across lake water,
while a tired sun,
preparing to sleep,
settles into a pillow of hills.
No rest for the fishermen
who turn night into day,
and entice fish with pseudo suns.
*
Old hills wait,
ready to close eyes
at day's end.
Darkness falls,
and busy boatmen entice fish
towards mock sun flares.
*
The land waits.
A pillow of hills
tempt the Sun,
who craves sleep.
Busy boatmen entice fish
by imitation.
*
You can read my poem After Sunset, Lake Malawi, here.
Lovely words and image. I particularly like "...a tired sun,
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settles into a pillow of hills..."
Oo! Didn't think you'd post all three! LOL Thank you...I was trying to distil the first idea down to the absolute essence of itself.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to more playing together!
I love the beautiful painting night fishing and the poem.
ReplyDeleteGreat work from you both.
Happy weekend
Hugs
Carolyng
Another rewarding collaboration - you get triple the value with Jinksy;-)
ReplyDeleteNice work, I absolutely love the painting.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to both of you! Lovely work.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun and creative collaboration! I like both paintings and poems... "wink across the water"... so right... lovely way to start my Sunday blog session. Thanks!
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