Vicki Miko
Plein Air
cloud-break
the sun
all to myself
Stamped colors blend into my paint brush. I twist and joust the hairs onto the canvas. As the colors form, I barely see the zigzagging flights of honeybees.
dragonflies playing tag above the floss silk
What will I highlight about this moving garden, standing at attention before me? Do the honeybees know what’s happening inside themselves, each of their single colors, each of their gathered sweetnesses? Do they know I am watching each draft of them saying out loud: I am here, I am the brightest of them all?!
scattered sunlight
in my pocket
crushed marigolds
About the Author
Vicki Miko is a retired television producer turned artist, photographer, and poet. She has published four tanka books with her writing partner, Michael H. Lester. Her poems and artwork have been published in a variety of media. She was nominated for the McKnight Foundation Art Award for her gardening workbooks for the JD Rivers’ Children’s Garden in Minneapolis. vickimiko.com