A World of Our Own Making
… I choose to be a figure in that light . . . I choose to walk here. And to draw this circle. Adrienne Rich … One day I’ll jump out of my skin. I’ll shake the sky like a hundred violins. Sandra Cisneros Submit Your Art and Writing to WAVES “Reverie” by Sumner Crenshaw Read More _________________________________________________________ Between the invisible...
Birdsong by Tina Bethea Ray
“Birdsong” by Tina Bethea Ray Some people can listen to a bird and know which kind it is I hear birds chirping above my chimney and I think how delighted I am simply to hear them sing because I can’t carry a tune fetch a note utter decent sound from my throat I’d like to sing I long to leave winter for spring land on a branch and cling look over life and flap unencumbered wings my heartbeat flutters like a...
Blue Bird by Irene Sheri Vishnevskaya
“Blue Bird” by Irene Sheri Vishnevskaya ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here Irene Sheri Vishnevskaya Artist Statement: I graduated Academy of Arts in St-Petersburg , Russia in 2000. In late 2001, my works attracted attention of a major Disney affiliated creative artist management agency, which brought me to the States to launch American exhibits of my...
Turquoise by Susan Demiglio
“Turquoise” by Susan Demiglio I am the kind of woman someone should build a pool for. I am the kind of woman some man should build a pool for. I am the kind of woman who appreciates the reflection of the whole sky, one who delights in clouds daffodil yellow, clouds the color of sweet plums, clouds as tall as masted ships and clouds that hold lightning like fireflies in a jar. I will spend my hour of free time...
Delicate by Carol Grannick
“Delicate” by Carol Grannick This is her teacup—hand-painted leaves and flowers with a bouquet of names of borage, chive, chamomile, and tansy. On top, a delicate lid to keep tea warm. This is her teacup, and there she is in her sun room, not as she left it but as she dreamed it could be clean-dusted shelves boasting tidiness. This is her teacup, and she places it down. The desk is almost empty,...