Landscape with Cypresses

Photo reference: Tuscany, Italy

For the background, a wide stroke
of undecipherable blue:
for the foreground, dabs of red poppies
dotting the quick brush strokes of grass.
The clouds, patches of bright white
and light grays, temperamental
over the layers of land that rolls
in different shades of green.
Mountains at the distance
can have the same color as the sky;
roofs of scattered meadow houses
can shimmer cloud white.
And the crowd of cypresses, darker
green - dark as secrets,
and tall as beehive hairs of queens
conferencing under the sun,
trading gossips.