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ARTISTS AND CANVASES

May we be blessed to understand how we are all artists 
as well as canvases…incomplete
How we paint a little of ourselves on everyone we meet

And how everyone we meet…
paints a little of themselves on us as well.
sometime the strokes are bold and colorful…
sometimes they’re so subtle it’s difficult to tell.

And how it doesn’t matter if

Categories: canvases, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme

Joy In My Canvases

I reach for fluorescent pink paint
My go-to favorite color of the hour
It looks more like neon orange thank pink

I slather it lavishly onto the canvas
It makes me smile, so I add more.
Pretty soon the canvas has it in five places.

It brings me artistic joy 
Enthusiasm rises up from the canvas
The faeries like it as much

Categories: canvases, art, joy,
Form: Verse

My Canvases Take On a Life

Pirate woman slashes through the canvas, jumping into my lap.
Her fiery red and pink hair rivaling the flash of her gold and silver jewelry.
A caramel skinned ebony queen riding a polka dot dragon raised her sword.
They are mighty, assertive, powerful, and ready to take on all comers.


Never annoy women who carry pointy swords or daggers

Categories: canvases, art,
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Four Canvases At a Time

Four canvases at a time 
Is how I paint
So while three are drying
I do not have to wait

I use acrylics
Because oils take too long to dry
They are more vibrant but I have no patience
Neon colors are my favorites; especially neon pink
I buy neon pink leather paint.

Glitter paints add a certain vibrancy 
That makes me think

Categories: canvases, art,
Form: Free verse

Autumn's Canvases

Those leaves, like fire before our eyes,
fell down as flames from autumn skies,
then twirled like feathers to the ground
to weave a blanket wrapped around.

Like a chameleon, fall leaves turned,
from scales of green to crimson-burned.
With brushstroke blends of orange-gold,
Bright autumn paintings did unfold.

And like Monet's bold stippled hues,
fall gifts her canvases of views.


May 9, 2019

~2nd Place~
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Categories: canvases, autumn, inspiration, simile, tribute,
Form: Ekphrasis

Living Canvases

Living Canvases 
                by Odin Roark

It hangs with the galleries 
Where unlimited art museums 
Await your approach
Your stopping
Your willingness

So often
It patiently bides its time
Knowing frequently
You’re concerned more
With who’s watching you
Watching the painting
Watching your illumination
Move its way

A painting’s nourishment
Comes in many

Categories: canvases, art,
Form: Free verse