botanicals
spring
blooming on the walls
of the Athenaeum
dogwood daffodil forsythia
bleeding heart snowdrop sedge
a butterwort
eating gnats
all framed and on display
on clean white walls
while outside
the March sun brings forth
flowering quince cherry
bluets and buttercups
all bloom
as daffodils fade away
unlike the art
framed and on display
for all to see
while daffodils fade away
today
---Peter Lattu
interconnections
at The Athenaeum
arrays of Caribbean color
tropical green
cerulean blue
juicy melon
sunset red
bringing the tropics north
animating color
with cartoon characters
Peter Pan Pooh and Pinocchio
opening life’s venetian blinds
to show spaces
kitchens and stairs
carpets coloring rooms red
old building blocks
made of print
ghostly white
burnt and aged
and out of date
mixed media
brought here
in brilliant color
from GA Gardner’s
Caribbean home
— Peter Lattu