Interior: North Shore, the Twenties

Aquamarined fireplace,
catching up indigo cushions
on white upholstery,
 a small landscape, plainly framed
on the wall,
a whatnot table bearing a terra cotta pot
flourishing a fern.

STILL LIFES and INTERIORS

Dutch Kitchen

The sun falls in
warm with tea
and these biscuits,
even the slate flags are warm
under the hooked rag rugs
replicating maps of the old Empire.

The light catches on
the Delft jugs,
radiates the blues and the white
of vases and cannisters,
jugs and saucers.

Warmthe flows
through
some Dutch kitchens.

contemporary miracle

The miracle of taps

which turn on the soul,

let flow inspiration

in gushes and streams,

maybe rusty at first

but always

running clear.