February 5, 2026

Recently, I had the pleasure of attending an online poetry reading sponsored by Kelsay Books. One of the featured readers was Margaret Lloyd, and I really liked her work. So, as I often do, I did some research and found that she is not only a poet, but an artist as well.

I discovered that I like her artwork as much as her poetry. She does oil paintings, watercolors, and also works in slate.

https://www.margaretlloyd.net/about

Here’s a link to some of her oil paintings: https://www.margaretlloyd.net/oilpaintings

I was inspired to write after viewing her paintings:

sunrise melts

above the sea

vapor rises, rays reach down

they fog together

changed and not

This experience is an example of finding something you didn’t even know to look for. Serendipity!