Instead of a poem

 Instead of a poem 

Instead of a poem the spreading knife 

and paint thick on the palette 

for out of doors the air rings clear 

and sun’s put  a sheen on patchwork,  

fields in chrome and lime. 

So let the knife from right to left

top to bottom colours blending, 

contrast clash, slip and ooze, coils 

sensuous as a perfect morning

mountains clarified

blackcaps’ sweet song. 

Instead of a poem canvas covered

captured, April day. 

April 8th 2022 Hounoux