IT IS SUMMER!

Awkward post 6 months later.

Old Work

These pieces are from an older project that I would really like to pursue more. I envision a forest of these tree trunks, and actually that was going to be my senior show for a time.

Two Sides to a Twenty-Two

Hey there narrative poetry, you're still cool, right?

Two new portraits

My latest work, two ink wash drawings. Submitted to a gallery to no avail, let me know what you think!

New work- in progress

First in a series, working title is Holy Light. This uses a picture of my own work painting on clay, the saggar-fired surface of the clay, and a page from a missal from the 50s that I found in my mother's basement.

A Promise, Made to Yourself and a Lover

Hey there, title-as-long-as-the-poem... Well, not quite. Anyway. Sappy, but whatever.
I'm only posting it because I can't stop coming up with novel-sized ideas.

Writing: the Blathering

Okay, this comes across as way bitter, and I'm really not. I just found the concept amusing and went with it, hopefully you can get a laugh out of it. Or at least a wry grin.

On Sending a Love Poem

So that poem I said I wrote a poem about, a couple posts back. Well here is the meta poem...

Grains of Paradise

Medieval spice traders sold a variety of peppercorn called Grains of Paradise when they couldn't get their hands on black pepper. They claimed that it was taken from the stream that flows out of the garden of Eden as a way of inflating the price.
They are still available through specialty spice traders and they have a lovely, complex, rich flavor.

Accidental Sonnets

I actually wrote a sonnet entirely on accident the other day, and it was halfway decent but it was for two very specific people, so I won't post it here.

Grease Burns and Coffee Stains

Flash fiction and poetry, what is this, 2009? Hopefully I'm better now than I was then.