AUTUMN
Lazy on the trees
balanced in the sunbathed air
flowing over grass
like memory-
soft gusts of chill and sweetness
mix her palette
painting sky crisp
circled in clouds to offset
the warmth:
yellow, orange, red-
one clap of her powerful hands
washes millions of leaves
onto upturned faces;
overburdened,
who glance-
minutes here, minutes there-
not much time to spare,
to catch something of her
indifference.
Lazy on the trees
balanced in the sunbathed air
flowing over grass
like memory-
soft gusts of chill and sweetness
mix her palette
painting sky crisp
circled in clouds to offset
the warmth:
yellow, orange, red-
one clap of her powerful hands
washes millions of leaves
onto upturned faces;
overburdened,
who glance-
minutes here, minutes there-
not much time to spare,
to catch something of her
indifference.
Nannette Schweig Hoffman: Nannette was a fine artist, teacher and poet, who passed away on December 9, 2010 at the age of 81. She was a native of New York City and had lived in the D.C area for 40 years before moving to Virginia in 2002. Nannette received her B.A from Hofstra University, her M.A in English from Georgetown University, and was a Master Copyist of Fine Art at the National Gallery of Art in D.C. She loved children and had one son, two daughters and four grandchildren. (Her daughter-in-law hosts this site) It was Nannette’s passion to inspire others to nourish their creative spirits, and she spent much of her life doing just that. Nannette published two books of poems and drawings with Ellicott Press: The Palette and the Pen (1992) and The Image and the Leaf (2001). Visit her website here.
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