sometimes
sometimes
when i set out to paint
or write a poem
or i find myself
in a social interaction
or even just have to pack
for a vacation,
for pete’s sake,
there is no choice
but to push up my sleeves
and grapple
with ALL MANNER
of unexpected THINGS
I DO NOT KNOW
and THEN
come up
with COUNTERMEASURES
for the lack therein.
you know of what i speak.
—dotty seiter
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3″ circle; ink on watercolor paper
Sketchbook Revival Challenge
2026
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Notes about poem and art:
• “sometimes” and Drawing from Inner Resources were created at different times, several months apart and some time ago, one sitting in my sketchbook, the other on my computer in a folder named Poem Parking Lot. Today they both came back into my awareness. I like the way the art acts as a counterweight to the poem.
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