by CKSadmin | May 2, 2024 | art, Poetry
A poem about trying to control – or know with certainty – the future. The Artwork: The Future is Falling The Poem: Illusions of Certainty The future is built of funhouse mirrors.Anyone who tells you otherwiseworks at the circus,selling you tickets to a...
by CKSadmin | Apr 18, 2024 | art, Poetry
Two paintings and an apology poem to my ankles. The Artwork: Ankle 1 & Ankle 2 The Poem: Ode to My Unappreciated Ankles I’m sorry to my ankles, my feet, my toes. You have taken me to the ends of the Earth,along balance beams,over tilted rooftops, and across the...
by CKSadmin | Apr 4, 2024 | art, Poetry
A poem about identity and change, building and breaking. The Artwork: Change The Poem: Every Day, We Change Don’t ask me My favorite color, book, placeor poem One day,my thoughts are greenthe next,I must swallow the yellowswell my solar plexus and become the sun....
by CKSadmin | Mar 21, 2024 | art, Poetry
A poem about wounds and lessons in healing. The Artwork: Where Do You Need to Get Free? The Poem: Wound Debridement They say a circular wound is the slowest to mend.Rebuilding happensfrom the outside, in. Even when we thinkwe are healing,there’s too much...
by CKSadmin | Mar 7, 2024 | art, Poetry
A poem about uncertainty and letting the future unfold at its own pace. The Artwork: River to Sea The Poem: The Future Can Wait We are often pushing against the wall, forcing a path where a path is not meant to be. There is no need to rush, rushing river there is no...
by CKSadmin | Feb 22, 2024 | art, Poetry
The Artwork: When No One is Around The Poem: When No One is Around When no one is around, I am obstinate as a stone sitting in my own way. I am an ascetic lighting candles, sitting in silence, hungry. I am a 90 year old woman washing Ziploc bags squatting in the...
