Painter and Poet | Jerry Johnston

Painting, poetry and music all go hand in hand in the creative process. That moment of inspiration that causes the painter to pick up the brush is the same that moves the poet or song writer to put pen to paper. To deny these art forms an outlet on this website seem inappropriate, therefore I will from time to time be posting poetry and lyrics in this blog. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy creating them.

The Poet

by Jerry Johnston

I am but a hunter of phantoms and such

with a net made of gossamer wings.

And a brush with a flourish, and a spatter of paint

the color of wonderful things.

I'll not be a peddler, no matter the sale.

The wind fills my wings and I fly.

No captain of indurstry, or legend, or king

just a humble interpreter, I.

And if that's not worthy or not good enough,

then pass me as though I were still.

Invisible but for the glint of the sun

off a silver thin strand of fine silk.

But if I should please or amuse you a while

then you know me for all that I am.

For when I am gone from this misty old world

you'll know I've done all that I can.

I am but a poet, a teller of tales.

A painter of pictures and words.

A writer of music, the spinner of yarns

you forgot or never quite heard.