Nothing else in the world seems so calm
No wind to break the water
The fresh smell of the flowers surrounds you
The only sounds you hear are the creatures
that make the garden their home
A white bridge sits over the water
You can see the bright lilies below
There are delicate white petals
Reflecting in the water they lay on
Time feels like it slows here
You can pause and breathe
Feel your feelings
and hear your thoughts clearly
Here the water carries everything away
Giving you a sense of clarity
and relaxation
Even though nothing is moving at all
I don’t think I was trying to emulate a certain poem or anything like that. I was just trying to keep to the four lines per stanza. I was trying to show how the painting made me feel and how it would feel to walk through the gardens. I think when I was younger and I went to France I got to visit Monet’s gardens and it was really gorgeous and relaxing. I love going to gardens and places where there aren’t a lot of people and all you hear are the sounds of animals hiding and the water moving. I also love the smell of everything like the flowers and the water, everything smells so fresh and clean. I feel like it makes time stand still and it gives you the best opportunity to think or turn your brain off for a little bit, which I love. I mainly focused on the art itself and not the artist. I also did not have any specific reason to break lines where I did either, I just did it where I thought it sounded good, even though sometimes I would break them halfway through a long sentence.
I did not use generative AI to create this poem.
