Mauna Kea Starlight

Watercolor on Yupo 2022

August 05, 2025

2025 has become my year of exploration. In place of holding an open studio exhibit this year I have devoted my days to researching fiber arts and learning from knowledgable and talented artist to broaden my creative expression.

I have also immersed myself into the world of poetry--expressing my art through words and images while discovering a deeper way to connect with others, which is very important to me.

Currently, I have the pleasure of attending a poetry writing workshop led by Joanna Fox at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York. She recently invited me to share my painting Mauna Kea Starlight with the class as we explore the beauty of ekphrastic poetry together. I am honored by their enthusiastic response and thrilled to share some of their poems--with their permission--with you.

If Mauna Kea Starlight inspires you to write an ekphrastic poem, I'd love to include your work in this post! Simply use the Contact Me button on my website to send your poem, and let me know how you would like your name to appear (or if you would prefer to remain anonymous).

Mauan Kea

Soft highway of clouds,

the sky a canvas for words--

journey a-birthing.

Eileen Ivey Sirota, (Haiku poem)

Hues of blues surround me

I look up into the black of night

Built on the foundation of puffy clouds

My red and green flowers are secured in the basement

Gene Law

Waves of white couds wash over my mountain eyes

I blink between the waves to glimpse my stars

Gene Law

Hughs of blue surround

Look up into the black of night

Flowers in the basement

Gene Law, (Haiku poem)

Mauna Kea

Sacred brother's light

Glowing stone, bright starlit night

Violent birth-rite flowers

Gary Glover, (Haiku poem)