This is another poem from my notes from some twenty five years ago.
Walking Out Into The Country At Nightfall In Winter Whilst Heavily Pissed Off With Life In General Probably Caused By Artist’s Block
(Painting: Evening #1. Pastels on paper)
Grey clouds in salmon
– Reflected worlds!
Woodlands and valleys, rivers glow
Like magma.
My mood, dulled and burred,
Perceives…
Reluctantly. Stubbornly.
Between shakes of the head,
I see Turner setting up his easel
And painting frantically, dementedly…
Bleary eyed – look!
It has gone now!
Cold green and bluey pale,
Washes in and out
And blurs
Grey
Me
Sky.
Mick Canning 
Love the painting too! Did you make it?
Btw, why do I suddenly have to fill in my name etc in the comments? So boring…
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Thank you. Yes, it’s one of mine. Fill your name in, etc? I can’t imagine why. I know WordPress does get a bit odd at times, although I’ve not had any trouble with it, touch wood.
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Nice one! Have not written in a long while!
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Thanks, Rajiv. It’s definitely time you did!
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Yeah!
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Your mood comes through loud and clear. Great poem.
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Thanks, Christine. It was very much a report of an actual walk!
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An interesting poem and painting, Mick.
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Thanks, Robbie.
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I like this poem, steam coming off the author and his fuming magma mood!
We don’t use “whilst” in the U.S., more’s the pity, so I also enjoyed “In Winter Whilst Heavily Pissed Off”
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I don’t usually use ‘whilst’, either. It’s definitely frowned upon. It just seemed to add a little emphasis.
Thanks, Robert.
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Just for grins, I did a search on my posts for the word “whilst”, and got three hits. Guess I’m just weird.
Besides, I hear poetry comes with a license, so Mick has an excuse.
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An artistic license is a great thing – I haven’t even gotten the learner’s permit yet!
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I think the permit comes automatically – and the license, too.
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I like your weird, Dave!
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Mick, this is a wonderful painting with the transitions of colour hypnotic. The poem is great and you could just imagine Turner setting up to paint such a sky…excellent use of just the single word for the last lines!
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Thanks, Annika. The painting was done at another time, and I’d quite forgotten the poem when I did it, so the pairing is pure serendipity.
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A Collected Works—-coming soon…perhaps…? I think Bringing up the old poems is a great walk down a winding path revealing all…and a laugh, a sigh and a cheer—- these are goood Mick! Love the pastel too!
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Thanks, Jaymz. I certainly don’t think any of these poems would feature in a collected works, though.
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Very interesting, Mick. I would love to hear your interpretation of this painting.
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Nothing clever I’m afraid, Arv. It’s meant to be a realistic painting of dusk.
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Ah! That explains some of the colours used in this canvas
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Very snippy. You conveyed your mood, well!
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Thank you, Jackie. I can certainly recommend writing creatively while pissed off!
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Yes well you have a great range of writing skills
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Thank you. You may visit again!
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🙂
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Loved the title, and loved the poem!
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Thanks, Ann. It’s a particularly snappy title, n’est ce pas?
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Love the way Turner suddenly appears and then evaporates among all the sky change.
Though I must confess to having to read the title twice, initially failing to see the word “off” after “pissed”.
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It might have worked just as well that way, of course.
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Well, when I’m pissed off with life in general, dropping the “off” is always a temptation.
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Yes…true, that.
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At first I didn’t even know that that picture was a painting just the poem, it looked so life-like. Pretty!
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Thanks! Pastels seem to work really well with clouds.
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Really impressive.
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Thank you, and thanks for visiting.
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Nice one
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Thank you, Caroline.
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Welcome Mick, i would love to welcome you to visit my blog and see my poems
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I will nip over and take a look soon, Caroline.
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Amazing poem and painting
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Thanks, Ishaan.
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