Pedernal, by Veronica Hosking

Pedernal, by Georgia O'Keeffe (USA). 1942.

Pedernal

Ghost Ranch
Georgia O’Keeffe
paints prolifically
peace, serenity enwraps her
Will God uphold his bargain?
O’Keeffe claims purple hued summit
capturing the mountain
she loves with each
brush stroke

“It’s my private mountain. God told me if I painted it often enough I could have it.” Georgia O’Keeffe

Veronica Hosking is a wife, mother and poet.  She lives in the desert southwest with her husband and two daughters.  Her family and day job, cleaning the house, serve as inspiration for most of her poetry. She was the poetry editor for MaMaZina magazine 2006-2011.  "Spikier Spongier" appeared in Stone Crowns magazine November 2013. "Desperate Poet" was posted on the Narrator International website and reprinted in Poetry Nook February 2014. Silver Birch Press has published several of her poems after first accepting "Rain Drops" in the Half New Year poetry collection July 2014. Veronica keeps a poetry blog at http://vhosking.wordpress.com