Page 42 - Vol V. #8

“Sometimes I intentionally pair a poem and image
and sometimes I make them separately, only later nding that they belong together.
I want the visual art and the poem to complement one another, similar to a Japanese haiga, in which the image does not illustrate the text but deepens its meaning. I make these assemblages by placing stalks, wild owers, and stones on the at- bed scanner glass, creating scenes that fall somewhere between nature and the supernatural.“
Remnants
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torn tip of a butterfly
wing edge of a page ripped
from a manuscript wind- caught half-heard lyrics
abraded frescoes acrobats and dolphins exuberant
on an earthquake island allure and ache of art shards
on the floor palaces built
over ruins a thought the mind
skirts door sagging (lift and shove) window with
a broken sash who stuck in the dictionary to prop it up
katrinka moore