Illustration for a Poem

I like that the Piker Press is getting more poetry submissions these days, and I like having some sort of image to accompany the poems. This one came to me as I was thinking about Bernie's poem about rhyme, "Poetry Writ Bad."

When I attempt to write poetry that rhymes, I always write the alphabet across part of the page. For this illustration, I put white letters vertically on a double gradient.

Simple, but I like when an idea sweeps into my mind so forcefully that I have to scribble down the plan on any piece of paper handy. This one was penciled onto the blank space of Howie's dog license renewal that was lying on the table.