I’m trying to tear apart an old mattress, so I can haul it out to the dumpster by myself. Miss Henry is, of course, supervising. (The inner springs will be recycled.)
The Vision Widens
collage in altered book
6 5/8 x 9 inches
The vision widens as we mourn
And stars of half their light are shorn
Spring Cleaning
I picked a bad day for manual labor. It’s 78F inside (yes, I’m still refusing to turn on the AC). But! I got all my CDs sorted and stored in totes. Now I just need to make room in one of the closets for them. Then I can clean and paint the shelves the CDs were on. And THEN I’ll have more bookshelves. Because it’s all about the bookshelves, y’all. You can never have too many of those.
Mayday! Mayday!
That mess just passed over us and has moved into Brown County, where it’s prompted a tornado warning. There was a LOT of circular movement in those clouds.
By Heart
collage in altered book
6 5/8 x 9 inches
I cut that little piece of text out, intending to use it in one of the collage poems. And then I lost it. Which meant I had to go back through the entire book to find those two words AGAIN. And then this afternoon I found it, under the dining room table. I have no idea how it got there, but I felt like I’d better use it while I still had it in my hands.
April Showers
Everything is a brilliant shade of green.
Coffee and Ice Water
I gave up pop for Lent, and I’m happy to say, I haven’t had any since. Unfortunately, that means my caffeine now comes in coffee form, with a side of ice water.
The Gloaming
collage and oil pastel in altered book
6 5/8 x 9 inches
I have thought of rapture
Till the trembling strings weep
And Hope had died
ebbing,
Far across the fenceless night
Repentance
Swift sped curse,
white-winged prayer
race bat-like
through heavenly stars
shorn and cold
Hang the darkness
Bind the sky.
Reflection
Bird Bath Reflection
red paper boat 