She worked as hard as most had ever seen,
and breakdowns in the fray were almost nil.
Ol’ Sally was the wheel of the machine
that crushed the wheat and barley in the mill.
Though Jess, the owner, named her for his aunt,
a battle axe that wouldn’t take his guff,
Ol’ Sally, once the pride of all Vermont,
had kept rapport [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Ol’ Sally
Posted in Personal, Photos, Poetry, tagged mill, photo, poem, Sally on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Ekphrasticator
Posted in Personal, Poetry, tagged ekphrastic, photography, Photos, poems, Poetry on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…that’s what they’ll be calling me. I just learned that there is a word for what I do with my poetry and photographs. From poets.org:
Ekphrasis (also spelled “ecphrasis”) is a direct transcription from the Greek ek, “out of,” and phrasis, “speech” or “expression.” It’s often been translated simply as “description,” and seems originally [...]
At Lake’s Edge
Posted in Personal, Poetry, tagged chicago, edge, lake, lake superior, photo, photography, poem, Poetry on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I strolled away from city noise,
away from strain and crowds,
Superior grants strength and calm,
despite her nimbus clouds.
At lake’s edge I can sit and stare
imagining beyond
horizon’s curved and lonely cusp
live those who share my bond.
For I could sense those roustabouts
who stroll to water’s edge
and gaze at distant shores where I
now sit near leafy sedge.
They, too, would [...]
