For our 2017 Art & Poetry pairing, one pairing was with artist Dennis Smith and poet Liz Decaf.
Here are the works they created!
Dennis provided this artwork to Liz:
Dimensions: 13″ x 16″
In response, Liz wrote the following poem:
millennials
we gather
trusted companions
intertwined souls
sisters
friends
partners in crime
we talk
venting
laughing
worrying
plotting
loving
dreaming
we soak up the sun
every ray,
every beam of hope
bottling up the light
to hold onto in the darkness
we are quiet feminists,
whispering of change
living
breathing
empowered
we enact change
simply
by our existence
we persist.
…
The second half of this pairing involved Liz giving Dennis a poem as a starting point. Liz provided this poem:
rain sticks
fingers outstretched and spinning, spinning
rain pirouetting on eyelashes and arabesque
drip-drop to puddles drumming beats into the
sky
muted notes of slipping aquatic
songs that line the pages of the
pavement
and the world keeps spinning, spinning
madly on, to piece of mind and peace of
quiet, a crescendo to the
rainbow
lullabies from the clouds, piano
to earthen tones beneath your
feet
and your words will keep on spinning, spinning
out of ashen skies and mellowed harmonies,
chords to rest then hold, rest and hold –
dawning.
…
In response, Dennis painted this image:
Dimensions: 13″ x 16″
2017 Art-Poetry Pairing main page