By Rosie Wee
Oil on canvas
410 x 310mm
The artist has composed the following poem as an accompaniment to her painting.
Ode to Autumn
By Rosie Wee
Autumn - Summer's delightful child
Whimsical, frolicsome, mirthful,
You prance down green pastures
Splashing your colours in wildest ecstasy.
Dab the tree tops crimson scarlet
Till the branches are aflame.
A romping pup on a rampage,
You strip the trees off their leaves
And send them fluttering down.
You ruffle the mulch
Till they turn to pulp
Then scamper off in glee.
A merry prankster out for pleasure,
You daub forlorn sky
With streaks of golden hues.
You stipple sienna red
On rooftops and brambles
And revel when they blush.
Does your boisterous gaiety belie an expediency?
That winter lurks beneath?
Palm off encroaching winter,
Bring forth the child in me,
Let me drink your elixir,
Embody your juvenility.
Linger on, for Winter will have his place.
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