The weather here is quite ghastly, wind, rain and just pah! and so I thought I'd post a piece with a Summery feel.
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The Provencal sun lights vibrant blooms golden saffron,
a Van Gogh, a picture so perfect;
a buzzing bee follows the scent of the sunflowers’ nectar
wafting on a warm southern breeze.
Splodged on an artist’s palette amidst the whites and ochre's
a squeezed tube spews cadmium lemon,
light delicate brush strokes capture the bees’ colourful bands
in shades of blacks and deep yellow.
The beauties of nature’s distractions momentarily lure him,
a painted lady teasingly bathes in warm summer rays . . .
the artist sits back and ponders on where to paint next year,
they say Italy’s nice, but is Naples really yellow?
Julian Clarke © 2016
