YES TOMORROW: poem for Kate Newby

May 14, 2021
Swimmers, sand, and light at Freyberg Beach Wellington, morning, 13 May

I visited the Adam Art Gallery and came away feeling clean and fresh and light and a wee bit clever. The title of Kate Newby’s exhibition is YES TOMORROW. Itself a poem. Just had to mark the moment with a few words of thanks. But not too many. Don’t clutter up my mind… 

Light as a note from a glass wind chime
Airy as a bubble of absent glass
Blue like a concrete sea

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12 thoughts on “YES TOMORROW: poem for Kate Newby”

  1. Priscilla Bettis says:
    May 14, 2021 at 11:23 am

    Your words are a beautiful way to mark the moment!

    1. Rachel McAlpine says:
      May 14, 2021 at 12:11 pm

      Thanks Priscilla. They have to be simple, like the simple/not-simple work of the artist.

    2. Rachel McAlpine says:
      May 14, 2021 at 2:29 pm

      Just a passing shadow of her work

  2. Sadje says:
    May 14, 2021 at 12:37 pm

    A beautiful poem Rachel

    1. Rachel McAlpine says:
      May 14, 2021 at 2:28 pm

      A beautiful exhibition

      1. Sadje says:
        May 14, 2021 at 4:57 pm

        👍👍😉

  3. haoyando says:
    May 14, 2021 at 3:01 pm

    Well said, “don’t clutter up my mind”. LOL.

  4. derrickjknight says:
    May 14, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    Very neat

  5. Dave Kingsbury says:
    May 15, 2021 at 9:37 am

    Vivid words, like a haiku – just written some if you’ll excuse the shameless plug –

    1. Rachel McAlpine says:
      May 16, 2021 at 6:46 am

      I did enjoy them Dave especially the last one. I’ve deleted the link from your comment because that’s my policy (otherwise the spam floods in). But don’t worry, readers can find your haiku from your comment.

      1. Dave Kingsbury says:
        May 17, 2021 at 7:12 am

        Yes, that makes sense, thanks.

  6. Diana says:
    May 17, 2021 at 7:18 am

    Beautiful 🙂. Thank you for sharing!

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