Monday, July 30, 2018

Steven D. Lightspring's "Free Flight" after Alix Hitchcock


Steven D. Lightspring photographed with the Alix Hitchcock art that inspired his poem at Caldwell Arts Council on June 9, 2018. 

FREE FLIGHT

by Steven D. Lightspring
after Through The Air by Alix Hitchcock

We long to live
In fullest flow
Of air, of stream,
Though here below

Our highest dreams
We walk about
With hopes that heave us
Up and out

Within our dreams
Of day or night
We hunger for
Our hearts' free flight.


Monday, July 23, 2018

Jane Lucas's "What Remains" after Ginger Owen-Murakami and Vicki Van Ameyden


Jane Lucas photographed at Caldwell Arts Council on June 9, 2018. Art of Poetry Catawba Valley toured the center in Lenoir, NC for their first event.  

WHAT REMAINS
by Jane Lucas
after Cairn by Ginger Owen-Murakami and Vicki Van Ameyden

Piled in with the faces,
a monogram on a screen door.
Not her grandmother’s,
but a sudden reminder . . .
One letter of cursive metal
evokes another
and the porch
where she finds herself again,
tracing the C in her mind
and waiting.

Monday, July 16, 2018

LB Sedlacek's "Electric Dreams" after Alix Hitchcock


At the June 9, 2018 Art of Poetry Catawba Valley tour of Caldwell Arts Council, LB Sedlacek is photographed sharing her poem inspired by artist, Alix Hitchcock.


ELECTRIC DREAMS (My Jellyfish Ode)
by LB Sedlacek
After Swimming with the Jellyfish by Alix Hitchcock

Do jellyfish dream
Even after death
Cruel humans
Tossing throwing
Vacant blobs
Or poking
With sticks
Yet live
Pure Jellyfish
Tentacles stretching
Reaching into
The wind
The heart
Sparking dreams
Oceans afar
And my
Humble ode
To all
Of them.

Monday, July 9, 2018

Keith Smith's "Man On The Move" after Sharon McCullough



Keith Smith is photographed reading his poem beside the sculpture that inspired his work at Caldwell Arts Council on June 9, 2018. 



MAN ON THE MOVE (in theory)
by Keith Smith
After Man on the Move by Sharon McCullough

My mind is all awhirl with thoughts of places I could go
But my feet are stuck in stone and they always tell me “no”
Yet I stand upright and hopeful with my legs e’er at the ready
If my body is set free, then I know that I’ll be steady
My arms they stretch to balance if I ever start to move
I want to start my journey so my stature can improve
You can see that I am hopeful with my head in jaunty tilt
But conformity of wiring’s wrapped around it like a quilt
But the thing that I remember most is mind over matter
Even with a frozen body, my brain goes pitter patter
If we can free the cage of limits from our prisoned minds
We can truly move ahead and leave the fixed past behind.

Monday, July 2, 2018

Beverly Finney's "Her Warrior Princess" after Susan Greene



Beverly Finney photographed at Caldwell Arts Council on June 9, 2018 reading her work inspired by artist, Susan Greene.


HER WARRIOR PRINCESS
for Jennifer Womble
after Looking Out With Little Blue by Susan Greene

Inside a mother, a warrior princess,
wise in her intimate knowing of life
that springs in her and from her,
grows in her protective shadow;
strong in nurturing, withholding her desires,
standing by, ever ready to carry on
in time’s unpredictable weather;
beautiful in spirit and soul, in her knowing,
her strength, her reproductive body
stretching, arching and spilling forth;
brave in her fierce defense, persistence,
in her fidelity to those whom she loves,
in her infinite capacity of heart.
Inside a mother, a warrior princess
abides, primed to rise to the call. 



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