Keeping Myself Open
Reception
first light’s
one step ahead of me
as i step
into the gentle
outdoors
at 430a
in early june
my predawn footfalls
a backbeat
for sparrows and starlings
already
rockin’ ‘n’ rollin’ the day
open-beaked
full-throated
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Meeting This Grief
4 x 5.5″; acrylic, ink, and oil pastels on canvas paper
abstract design on notecard (opened flat here)
2025
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Notes about poem and art: Again, poem and art not directly connected, but I think both sit under the umbrella of keeping myself open; hence this post’s title. The art here is an excerpt from a larger exploration entitled Undercurrents created 10 years ago in the days following my mom’s death. I’d cut into the larger piece some time ago and this remainder caught my eye today when I went to make a condolence card and poked around my studio for inspiration. I trimmed, fine-tuned, created a fine-line black border, found card stock, assembled, and wrote my note, open en route to feeling my feelings.
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