Four Figure Landscape and studies
Four Figure Landscape
2010
o/c
15 x 20"
2010
o/c
15 x 20"
poem by Terry-Anya Hayes responding to the painting.
Crossing/
The trick is, stay busy/
wash the laundry again/
in the river of blood. Nothing/
is what you've got now, nothing/
in the pitcher or the small bowl —/
Meanwhile on the other side,/
see their sun shine, their sheets/
remember beds, even their stones/
sharper and more plentiful./
Best not to look./
Best to stretch and fold,/
mind on empty, blue with —/
is it cold?/
2018
Crossing/
The trick is, stay busy/
wash the laundry again/
in the river of blood. Nothing/
is what you've got now, nothing/
in the pitcher or the small bowl —/
Meanwhile on the other side,/
see their sun shine, their sheets/
remember beds, even their stones/
sharper and more plentiful./
Best not to look./
Best to stretch and fold,/
mind on empty, blue with —/
is it cold?/
2018