Paintings as Poems

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Alanna says:

24 Jul 2017 at 12:43 am

Do you have poems that match all of your paintings?? the reason I ask is that I was just thinking of using my poems for imagery in my own visual work.

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1. Melba Christie at Poemattic says:
  
  25 Jul 2017 at 9:25 am
  
  Most of the time. My brain works that way. Sometimes I am inspired to write because of my art or the other way around.
  
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2. Melba Christie at Poemattic says:
  
  25 Jul 2017 at 9:25 am
  
  In Haiku Moments, I matched my photography to my Haiku poems.
  
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