I love to laze on summer days

as brush strokes slip

and bristles drip –

a front door is transformed from grey

to vibrant red, or cobalt blue

enhancing life with changing hue

the Forth Bridge glistens in the sky

Van Gogh’s sunflowers burn the eye,

Renoir’s ladies laze and lie

a palette knife spreads thickly by

a laden brush of silky oil

from flakiest white to deep Mars Black

Purple Madder, Baroque Red,

Quinacridone Violet, Prussian Blue,

Pthalo Green, Lapis too

Naples Yellow, Ultramarine,

Vermillion and Viridian

Gamboge,  Umber, Rose Dore 

Naphol Red or sepia grey

Cerulean, Alizarin, Violet

Titanium, Umber, Scarlet Lake

I stretch, I dream, I sniff, I sigh

I always love to watch paint dry.