“Waves of Snow” by Holly Guran
for Danielle Legros Georges
The light reveals some tracks out back
on dunes of ice—rabbits, squirrels, or
the coydog glimpsed next door
who slipped so fast below our sight.
I want their marks to mean my friend
has sent her love to all of us
who walked with her. A death too soon,
and still too new. A poet who could
melt the mounds of ice with sound—
her self, her homeland alive—
yes, her voice remains.
A woman I revere for ways
she led and taught. A grace on days
she hid her pain. She cared to ask
what others feel about this life.
Clouds of grief release the light,
a dawn on frozen waves of snow.
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Holly Guran Artist Statement:
I write, and hope the work I create deserves to be called poetry.
Writing is foundational in my life: the process of writing, revising, sharing my work, sending out. I am grateful to be part of the community of poetry in Boston and celebrate the many fine poets who live and work here.
Danielle Legros Georges was Poet Laureate of Boston. She died recently at the age of 60. A colleague and friend, a generous teacher, she was an inspirational for so many of us in the Boston poetry community.
