JOAN MITCHELL'S TIME

Walking by Montparnasse
meeting Kate
a Paris friend
who was being harassed
by a wise guy in a bar
she was excited to tell me
of her thesis on Joan Mitchell,
the abstract expressionist
and colorist
knowing how enamored
we were of her "Trees"
"Ici and "Posted"
back in the States
how they both studied
at Smith college
Kate reminding me
I was then emerging
with poetic knowledge
as a keen wordsmith
remembering Joan's exhibition
of "Drawing into Painting"
would be coming up
this October
through December 2016.