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,...
La Dama Violeta Para la Carmen by Helen Hernandez
“La Dama Violeta Para la Carmen” by Helen Hernandez ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here Helen Hernandez Artist Statement: I am Helen Hernandez and I am a first generation Salvadoran-American woman born and raised in New York. Most of my adult life I spent in Texas which gave me a rich sense of latino culture. I create through art and words stories about...
My Tribe is Leaving Me by Julane Borth
“My Tribe is Leaving Me” by Julane Borth The only thing worth writing about is the heart in conflict with itself. William Faulkner It’s time rising from deep within is a message I’ve been waiting for clarity has caught up strength has caught up I can see where I’ve been walking in shoes too...
Integration of Selves by Gillian Barlow & Carrie Nassif
“Integration of Selves” by Gillian Barlow & Carrie Nassif This white-out poem is taken from p. 56 of Virgina Woolf’s Orlando, published in 1994 by Chancellor Press. Gillian and I did a lot of experimental poetry using this as our source and this was the favorite of mine. ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here Gillian Barlow Artist Statement:...
Ready by Julia Gordon-Bramer
“Ready” by Julia Gordon-Bramer Everything I have done until this point, from birth through this fifty-five years, has been training, my practicum, for what I am about to become. That was the old caterpillar and chrysalis. Now, I rip open the cocoon and spread my wet wings. I am the culmination of all I was. I am bigger than inspiration because now I am doing the dream. No one has to witness my flight for it...
Reverie by Sumner Crenshaw
“Reverie” by Sumner Crenshaw ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here Sumner Crenshaw Artist Statement: Summer Crenshaw’s artwork is a narrative blend of abstraction and surrealism, imbued with lines and movement. Hopscotching between genres, Ms.Crenshaw’s work draws on a variety of artistic influences, from Salvador Dali to Shel Silverstein. Ms.Crenshaw earned...
The Q | A World of Our Own Making
A World of Our Own Making Q: How does our act of creation challenge our reality?*Responses will be curated and may be shared with permission.Permission* Yes, I give my permission Show Full AgreementBy submitting your response, you are granting AROHO permission for possible publication – in whole or excerpts – in WAVES, which is also archived on our website and may be shared on social platforms.Name* First Last Address* State /...
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