J is for Joseph's Star for a Jaguar

It's April, so the Blogging from AtoZ Challenge is in full swing. My theme is Watercolor and Words.  This year I am painting a watercolor to go with each letter and composing a poem to accompany it with a type of poetry that starts with the letter of the day.  I am mostly experimenting with the watercolors still, so don't expect perfection....

Clicking on the letter of the day will bring you to the main site which has links to get to other participants if you would like to go on an alphabetical adventure!

 

I painted a Jaguar for today.  And I wrote a Joseph's Star poem.  It has no rhyme, and is written with 1,3,5,7,7,5,3,1 syllables, center aligned and no stanza limit.  Each line should have a complete statement in each line - or be able to stand on its own.

Jaguar

hush

hunger stalks

dappled shadow leaps

repast requires energy 

satiation allows nap

dappled tree limb calls

birds resound

fest

by Donna JT Smith ©2025

The bad or good thing about this watercolor is that, as I was painting, I kept forgetting it was a jaguar, not a leopard... I almost saved it for L..I still have some things I want to experiment with...or with which I want to experiment...

I realized that at the very least I could just try again painting a leopard! LOL! I learned about how the spots are different on the two beasts, and the size difference.  Very interesting.  So I get to try another one, unless I chicken out.

I was feeling unhappy with this one at so many stages, I almost threw it away. But I'm trying to persevere no matter what mess I make.  And trying to give time between adding to it.  It can quickly turn into a brown blob if you don't let it dry.  So hard for me to not end up with a piece of trash.  I'm still learning to wait.

Tomorrow is K.  I don't have a clue...klue...kitchen, kettle, ketchup, key, kerchief, knife, king, kitten (I already did cat for c, so no)... kayak, kilt, kelp?  A king dressed in a kilt wielding a knife to cut his kayak out of the kelp?

Any ideas?