A poem paints a picture, I wish
Is a picture's worth a thousand words?
You can recite with both your eyes shut
Ballads learned at school, so often heard
A sun, a moon, a bridge, two love birds
A plate, a cup, and a candle flame
A fairy, two witches, add a third
A banner, signature, famous name
Can I frame a poem in a border
Lines of pretty flowers, plants or leaves
Wild seas, letters, a leaning tree trunk
Like a scroll from a wave on high seas
I often wondered how to do it
Or create each picture in Powerpoint
With a background of waving colour
Tall, or wide, made on a Conva slide
Can I learn to illustrate poems
With charcoal sketches or news cartoons
Water colour, oil or acrylic
To silence the watching reading rooms
Then turn my poems into a book
With messages, traditional themes
That love conquers war, or even more
Rainbows of lasting peace, vivid dreams.
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