Painting your portrait
I gesture wildly and howl
the canvas is blank
To draw something is to try to capture it forever, if you really love something, you never try to keep it the way it is forever. You have to let it be free to change.
Poem by that_name_is_taken https://www.reddit.com/user/that_name_is_taken
Picture by Liz West https://www.flickr.com/photos/calliope/
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.
You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.
Submission deadline: 22nd July 2015