DID YOU WRITE THE POEMS ON THE CHALKBOARD?
IF SO, DID YOU WRITE THEM FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF
PUTTING THEM IN THE PAINTING?

Sometimes the words pop into my head right along with the painting, as in the Queen of My Room poem and picture. Most words arrive with no picture, so I write them down on scraps of paper as they come, throw them into a drawer, and then copy the bits I like into paintings later. That's how the words on The Chalkboard got there. Poems come mostly in batches, like the pictures in my head but usually less accessible. That probably explains why they're not as good.