Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

....in a bush by the garden wall sits a brace of plump cardinals as the sun finds its way through the tangle of trees she is clad in a cloak of shades of the earth, of the forest made subtle browns, and russets and rusts make her raiment while her mate, in his fierce attire wears a coat wove of molt...

I wrote this a couple weeks back for a friend with extreme cabin fever. Today it's 50F and sunny and maybe winter is finally there in the rear view mirror.... winter's lost its luster, there's little left to love and heads despair of hats, and hands grow tired of gloves the shovel's too familiar the...

it's downright creepy in the cheap seats...

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cool, wrapping it up with the ageless open question.

Venus is over-rated anyhow. Diana's ever-helpful in the hunt for what's next.

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there's a bleakness to this piece that stands out, and the mercy given is no mercy at all, methinks. well done.

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I can't stand the whole business of forgetting, but I like this poem and the truths it holds.

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that was a fun take on Foote and the 'War Against Northern Aggression'. I visited Gettysburg last summer, spent time on both ends of Pickett's Charge, thinking, wondering, on the lookout for old ghosts moving up the line. Foote seemed very much the soft-spoken, intelligent southern gentleman. Someon...

wow. that's an awesome image.

there are those cookies again...

dang. I can almost taste them.

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the masses are asses...

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I'm sorry to hear that. I've always liked your poems. I don't think they're as dead as you think. -mb I've decided not to write poetry any more. I have no need to spend the time creating vivid images or effective metaphors. There's no purpose to them, and though at one time I thought they had lives ...

I like the dark, lush greens - my eyes are starved for verdant hues during the winter. Do you work from a photograph?

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each is cool and interesting in their own right, but I really liked seeing all three together in a photo. I love the color elements of the vase, and the flowers seem to encircle each painting in an embrace.

looking forward to further 'still table' works!

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ouch. I've been on both sides of that cellophane.

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