Poem - Artistic at Length

This is a poem I wrote about creativity (ie, drawing, writing). My husband (who was my boyfriend at the time) wrote the first two lines and told me to make a poem out of it and this is what I got! I love being married to a fellow writer <3

Drawing by Grace R. Pringle

 

Artistic at Length

by Grace R. Pringle

Artistic at length,

My sketchpad to cover with graphite and lead,

The images spawning straight out of my head.

The eyes staring back from the page

Are more than lines, they’re windows to another age.

The tries and fails and erased do not deface,

They make me grow in lines of grace.

Inspired at last,

My pencil spouts meaning and life,

Creating images far from rife.

The ideas in my mind,

Become my thoughts and ink combined.

Drawing is more than a skill,

It’s letting the illustrations inside, spill.

I don’t have to think,

Into my world of illusions I sink.

On their own my fingers move

I’m not entirely sure what they will do,

But I will find out soon.

The little details,

They illustrate without fail.

I am gone, lost on a journey of wind and sails,

Floating on a sea of fine points,

Worlds that draw themselves do not disappoint.

And colours so bright you could taste,

Leave impressions that never disintegrate.

Creating pictures out of lines and mind,

The two becoming intertwined.

It seems though,

That no matter how far I go,

I will never capture the spirit and life,

But I can always try.

My ambitions are high.

Pencil strokes, I am drawing on the canvas of life,

Forming everything in sight.

Other poems by me:

A Pen Right Through 

One Heart 

Ode to the Crow 

Bag Box - How to Make One

My sister stayed over with me for a week after new years and helped me with my "nesting." (That's what she calls it.) Personally, I think I over-organize and change things around even when I'm not 8 months pregnant! I blame my mother for the urge but I also thank her for it since I very much enjoy finding the perfect place to store things or the perfect way to do it.

For quite awhile the "bag of bags" where I stored all my plastic bags was driving me crazy. It took up almost an entire shelf in my pantry and looked messy. While visiting my parents my Mother showed me some of her ideas for the house they are building and a "bag box" was something she wanted.

It inspired me to make one of my own. So, with my sisters help, I made one! It only took 15 minutes and here is how we did it:

We used: 

Wrapping paper (green, since that's the colour in my kitchen)

Cardboard box (I used a small one)

Packaging tape

Regular tape

A knife (we would have rather used an x-acto knife but we didn't have one on hand)

Scissors

A permanent marker

A container lid (a circle big enough to make a hole to fit your hand through)

First we traced the container lid on the side of the box with the permanent marker.

 Then we cut out the circle with the knife.

 Next, we wrapped the box like you would any gift. (Making a mark on the paper where the hole in the box was underneath the wrapping paper)

 We took the scissors and cut through where the hole was underneath, cutting it like a pie. Making sure to go right to the edge of the circle but no father.

 We took pieces of packaging tape and placed them over the cut tabs, re-cutting them again so that they were reenforced by the tape and didn't rip easily.

We bent in the tabs and taped them to the inside of the box using pieces of regular tape.

All that was left was to fold and place the plastic bags inside the box and, voila! My bag box! I love it and it takes up 1/3 of the space my "bag of bags" did.

Thanks to my sister for helping :)