Dear Frederick, From Your Friend James: Found Poem by Lorette C. Luzajic

Nocturne, by James Abbott McNeil, 1870-1877.

Dear Frederick, From Your Friend James: Found Poem
 
(from the artist’s actual letter, in his own words)
 
I can’t thank you
enough
for the name
nocturne
as a title for my moonlights.
You have no idea
what an irritation it proves
to the critics, and
the consequent pleasure to me.
Besides, it really is so
charming, and does so poetically
say all I want to say,
and no more.

Lorette C. Luzajic

Lorette C. Luzajic is an artist and writer. Visit her at www.mixedupmedia.ca.