painting with words

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ~Leonardo da Vinci

I love reading poetry to my cat. She head butts me, purrs, and kisses me while I’m reading. It seems that I have a cat that appreciates literature. She even purrs, head butts, and kisses when I’m reading poetry that I’ve written. So, here are a few poems that I’ve written lately, as part of the 100 day art project because… poetry is painting with words.

Here is a tanka. It is a Japanese poetic form. The length is 31 syllables in five lines (5-7-5-7-7). So, it’s a similar format to a haiku, but with two more syllables. I got the idea of sharing poetry from the Lady in Read blog (website=https://www.ladyinreadwrites.com/). Yesterday, one of the things that she wrote about was a tanka. She shared her own poems and then suggested that her readers write one of their own. Which I did. And then, I thought, I’m doing this art challenge, and poetry is art. It is considered to be painting with words because, in poetry, you’re creating imagery with your words. So, this is the tanka that I wrote yesterday.

Early in the day

Trinity kisses my face

with her small tongue

My heart bursts open with love

for that sweet little furball

Here are a few haikus that I’ve written. Here’s another about the cat.

I opened a book

and read a sonnet out loud

cat joyfully purred

This next haiku is about painting with words.

I can paint my dreams

And make a plain white canvas

A magical world

How would you paint with words? With poetry or in some other way?