For our 2017 Art & Poetry pairing, one pairing was with painter Linda DeFeudis and poet Christine Wheeler Beauchaine.
Here are the works they created!
Linda DeFeudis provided this painting to Christine:
In response, Christine wrote the following poem:
Love without measure
And friends to treasure
Small moments of pleasure
Cookies and tea
Friends you’ve known forever
Time well-spent together
Surviving the weather
Come share with me
The warmth of the kitchen
You talk and I’ll listen
Like new snow, words glisten
Cookies and tea
A time now for sharing
A time now for caring
Love all things bearing
Come spend time with me
So happy ever after
Talking and laughter
And during and after
Cookies and tea.
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The second half of this pairing involved Christine giving Linda a poem as a starting point. Christine provided this poem:
Leaf
Yellow-veined and orange
The autumn leaf
I picked it up because it was beautiful
I carried it
As I walked with my love
And talked with my love
But at the bridge
I painted another picture
I let go and it fell
A symbol, if you will
For strife, for confusion
“You’ll write a poem about that leaf,”
He said
And took my hand
In response, Linda created this painting:
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