Karolyn Gephart, Juried Poet, FPL Ekphrastic Poetry Reading and Contest

Group of Parasols by John Singer Sargent

Group of Parasols (or A Siesta)

What a day that landed on my calendar

So many months ago

I shopped and planned and worried and worked

To make the day just so

I slept not much at all last night

The plans were too intense

My hair, my hat, my gloves, I might

Just faint from all the stress

Yet all went on without a hitch

The men were well behaved

We ate, we laughed, we strolled the lawn

Let’s sit a while in shade

But oh the deadly drowsy touch

Of sleep has come to be

We dropped the sunlit parasols

And yawned…to let it be

Its own guide, master, determiner

Of what will happen now

We drift away to summon it

A siesta we allow.

Karolyn Gephart, Juried Poet, FPL Ekprastic Poetry Reading and Contest

Karolyn Gephart is originally from the Texas City area where she taught journalism courses at Texas City High School. She moved to Friendswood with her husband Joe and son Adam in 1999 to become the Friendswood ISD Public Information/Communications Director. She retired in 2015, became a Master Gardener, Heritage Gardener, and watercolor artist.  She also is the main reporter for the Reporter News for Friendswood and Pearland.