Picture Poems

Have you ever had a theme grab you? I did when I saw Broward Art Guild's "Out To Sea." An idea immediately hit me. Eventually, I created an oil painting and included a poem.

Then after submitting my entry and after poetry reading, I shared a picture of my art work. It reminded Meryl of a poet whose book stood on her bookshelf and whose name she couldn't recall at the time. Then she emailed me and informed of the poet's name: Kenneth Patchen. I had to look him up and was really impressed. Just google (or Bing) "Kenneth Patchen picture poems" and it might blow you away like it did me.

By the way here's my entry "Scurvy Dreams":

What do you think? Can I join his league?