A Person of Limited Palette
I would love to have lived out my years
in a cottage a few blocks from the sea,
and to have spent my mornings painting
out in the cold, wet rocks, to be known
as “a local artist,” a pleasant old man
who “paints passably well, in a traditional
manner,” though a person of limited
talent, of limited palette: earth tones
and predictable blues, snap-brim cloth cap
and cardigan, baggy old trousers
and comfortable shoes, but none of this
shall come to pass, for every day
the possibilities grow fewer, like swallows
in autumn. If you should come looking
for me, you’ll find me here, in Nebraska,
thirty miles south of the broad Platte River,
right under the flyway of dreams.
“A Person of Limited Palette” by Ted Kooser from Splitting an Order
Posts by David Lose
Photo of A Dream acrylic on canvass by Chris Langstroth
What an evocative poem!
Ahhh… under the flyway of dreams. Beautiful! Thank you, my friend. 🙂
Great one! I can see and hear him…
Nice share … thanks.. ME
What a lovely poem. I read it several times. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
wonderful, thank you nx