I found this precious poem-in-the works/ poem note-to-self in my Mom's kitchen, in the phone area, I believe! (In those days, it was all about "land lines"!) Maybe it was one of her phone doodles - and/or a reminder to stay calm, while dealing with things over the phone (and in life in general)?
I attached it to a background of a watercolor painting, that seemed to be a peach-pink and yellow sky, reminding me of the beautiful and inspiring, pink morning sky that would sometimes pour through the kitchen window of my home growing up.
I clipped - and also glued, to the above morning (?) sky - a little watercolor of a small, 5-petalled flower; whose petals housed a sea of various shades of purple, violet, light-purple, with a most gentle touch of peach (and which had a delicate yellow center). This was especially fitting, because the watercolor shadows of this flower make it seem as though it is sweeping, wisping through the air, through the sky - to gently and lovingly herald a message of importance; in this found art, this poem.
These are the words I can make out - with guesses included! -
"Every yesterday hated and gone
Gone splat, like
Fallen rotten grapes
They stink
Today is fresh and sweet
Enjoy the perfect wine [view?]
You'll save the ______for tomorrow at best [?]
Tomorrow we will sow like
The harvest we reap from yesterday
Today - what will it be?
Hate - love?
Misery - peace
Anger - calm"
- Trudy DuBois
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