Today I Feel Like Monet, by Alarie Tennille

Spring at Giverny, by Claude Monet (France) 1886

Today I Feel Like Monet
  
A tedious winter
even for the Midwest –
like page after page
of Impressionist paintings
printed in black and white.
Finally the cold steps away
for a moment, but tries today
to wipe spring from its canvas.
I smile at the tiny flags
of green waving victory.
And like Monet I think
I’m the first to discover
that every green is its own green,
sometimes not green at all,
but lavender or yellow.

Alarie Tennille

This poem first appeared in Running Clockwise (Aldrich Press, 2014). 
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​Alarie Tennille graduated from the first coed class at the University of Virginia, where she picked up her B.A. in English, Phi Beta Kappa key, and black belt in Feminism. Retired now, Alarie delights in having more time to read, write poetry, and hang out at The Ekphrastic Review. Her latest poetry collection, Three A.M. at the Museum, has joined her earlier books on The Ekphrastic Bookshelf. Please visit her at alariepoet.com.