Burnt Toast

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Douglas L. Mays - from 'John Bull Magazine' (1952)

 

Burnt toast

and marmalade –

“practice makes perfect.”

 

 

 

Black & White

Loose Leaves – Reflections

 

 

Of all the twists and turns …

 

Black n white

mini-skirt –

two choices.

 

 

 

Photo Credit: Auly

Little Things

Loose Leaves – Reflections

 

 

Little things –

new leaves

on the bonsai.

 

 

 Photos by Tim Chamberlain, 2026.

This poem was originally posted on Bluesky

Setting Sun

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Dame Laura Knight - Setting Sun

Three poems inspired by a single painting, Dame Laura Knight’s “Setting Sun” (exhibited at Paris Salon, 1967).

 

 

Birdsong.

 

Settling in the

evening sun.

 

Autumn

on the water –

gold-flecked lint.

 

***

 

Autumn

on the water –

light filtered

through linseed oil

into soft paint.

 

***

 

Autumn

on the water –

rippling clouds.

 

 

 

Originally posted on Bluesky

Long Day

Loose Leaves – Reflections

 

Harriet Lawless - Gloomy Old London

 

Long day –

headed home

hopping puddles.

 

Holly Brodie - Self-Reflection at a Red Signal (2013)

 

 

Hot House Flowers

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Ray Morimura - Medicinal Botanical Garden

This print by Ray Morimura mirrors a sight I’ve seen in many a botanical garden over the years. Hence, it evokes happy memories …

 

 

Watching my wife

wandering through

the hot house blooms.

 

 

 

This poem was originally written and posted on Bluesky

Seeking Summer

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Narumi Takada - Stepping on Fresh Snow (2021)

There are two sources of inspiration hiding behind this particular poem. The first is a science-fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, ‘The Door Into Summer’ (1957). And the second is an artwork by Narumi Takada, ‘Stepping on Fresh Snow’ (2021).

 

 

Seeking

a door into summer –

eye of the needle.