Ethan Hoge's "Evil Bunnies" after Momoyo Torimitsu

Art of Poetry Catawba Valley's Patricia Deaton shares the sinister poem of Ethan Hoge at the October 13, 2018 tour of Hickory Museum of Art. 

EVIL BUNNIES

by Ethan Hoge

After Somehow I Don’t Feel Comfortable by Momoyo Torimitsu

The rabbits are big

I am extremely disturbed

First cute, then evil

Their pink cuteness hides

Evil they have inside

Their impact just grows

They are changing lives -

Individuality

Is being slaughtered

Disturbingly cute

They try to decide the things

You should decide

Samantha Stephens's "Now You See Me" after Billie Grace Lynn

Alexander Early College instructor, Jane Lucas, shares her student's poem inspired by the BLOW UP artist, Billie Grace Lynn. Samantha Stephens was unable to attend the tour on October 13, 2019.

NOW YOU SEE ME

by Samantha Stephens

after White Elephant by Billie Grace Lynn

Now you see me,

My posture high, robust,

As I reach out with my burly trunk

Emitting such fictitious evocation.

Now you see me

Filled with empowerment,

Audacious and monumental.

Reach out, if you dare.

Feel my solace and shield.

Now you see me

Encompassing more than intuition,

Reaching deep for vitality.

Deliver me from departure.

I am very much treasured

To the point of termination.

For now, you see me.

Patricia Deaton's "Old House" after Douglas Grant

Art of Poetry's Patricia Deaton shares her poem inspired by the Douglas Grant watercolor at Art of Poetry Catawba Valley's tour of Hickory Museum of Art - October 13, 2018.

OLD HOUSE

by Patricia Deaton

after Over Yander by Douglas Grant

Old House, call the young girl home

who cooked for those who raised your roof that day.

They lingered underneath this oak, among them

young men, bound to go to war.

Call to that whole family, sick inside your cozy walls

order nailed upon the door to keep disease and death in.

They rest now upon the rise, stones as white as bones

that mark their graves.

Call to the man who wanders in across the yard

from bottom land, and wonders if he’s seen this place before

Upstairs in dreams, he cries for things he never will forget

and hopes, to God, he never sees again.

Old house, call all the people home who filled

your days with hard and less-hard ways of life

back then, when innocence could not last for long.

Melissa Hager's "Revelation 2" after Robert Eades

Robert Eades's provocative elevator room installation is the subject of "Revelation 2" by Melissa Hager. She shared the poem at the Hickory Museum of Art tour on October 13, 2018.  The next Art of Poetry Catawba Valley tour of an art institution will be announced in the coming weeks. Photo courtesy of Hickory Museum of Art.

REVELATION 2

By Melissa Hager

after elevator room installation by Robert Eades

Focus on God’s beauty 

even descending into the abyss. 

Every roll, dip and sway experienced 

is within Alpha and Omega’s mighty hand.

He didn’t create the metal tube, engines, 

within which to plunge 

into the storm. He didn’t compel 

you buy the ticket to ride. 

Yahweh gives a world with water, 

food, air, resources for shelter. 

As His gifts are depleted, 

to grant the greed of Adam 

and Eve’s offspring, the snake 

gets the last bite. 

But the devil too will perish

in an unsustainable world.