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Amanda Gorman at the inauguration of Joe Biden. This was such a beautiful poem!! She was like sunshine on a cloudy day!

An image for an upcoming poetry book, using lots of crosshatching with Rapidograph pens.

Sawshark symphonies and cryptic sorts.

This is a drawing for a poetry book. Sometimes I do the drawing first and then write the poetry.

I absolutely loved the poet who spoke at the inauguration yesterday, so I looked up a photo of her and drew it. I would attach the photo, but I can’t upload more than one thing. :)

poetry by stenan hart based on the last days of life

poetry by stenan hart

An old watercolour sketch with lines from Padraig Pearse's poem "The Fool". Watercolour and ink

More poetry

Fancy Cat but this illustration was more a focus on Edgar Allan Poe who died on October 7, 1849. Check out my up-to-date Inktober posts on my IG account: @dittofunkysketch123!

Calligraphy and watercolor

Inktober Prompt: Radio. Radio operator with the code poem by Leo Marks in Morse code. (https://www.greatestpoems.com/the-life-that-i-have/)

A Cloud, a Tree, a Star. Illustration of St. Brendan (Naomh Breandain in Irish) for Tolkien's poem, Imram (https://englewoodreview.org/poem-the-death-of-st-brendan-j-r-r-tolkien/).

Calligraphy

Marker on paper.

Rudy Francisco - My Honest Poem

Midnight flavoured motivation.

An ode to the seas, sailing and other malarkey relating to that theme.

For things that go bump in the night (and day).

Rainy day creative goings-on.

Breaking into July the way I know best.

New art supplies = the best excuse to get creative! Also, narwhals.

A big fan of standing on hilltops and staring moodily into the middle-distance, the Klauzal is best known for sharing long, terrible poems about cloud formations, and telling anyone who'll listen about the restorative powers of blackberry jam.

and now, a short poem: "I am so close to the edge, I could just take a step, and leave this lonely world behind" ... thank you, and now back to our regularly scheduled fear-mongering and brain-washing, yay!

Found poem from vintage Reader’s Digest Condenses Book.

A more unusual interpretation of the mermay theme some of us are fond of. Also, new sketchbook time is fast approaching!

Monday motivation...of a sorts (it's technically Tuesday on my side of the pond, but whatever).

Life in lockdown/business as always.

A fairly special one for me this week, as today’s post is inspired by what would have been the time of Beltane celebrations. As it is, we celebrated at home in our own little ways, and in the case of myself indulging in my usual habits! Drinking and of course drawing, the usual stuff...