Alena
Deewater

Ann
Helsel

Charles
Furey

Donald
Shephard

Doug
Fortier

Gloria
Jorgensen

Henri
Bensussen

Holly
Tannen

Jan
Edwards

Jewels
Marcus

Maureen
Eppstein

Motherbear
Scott

Nancy
McLelland

Nona
Smith

Norma
Watkins

Sharon
Gilligan

Susan
Fisher

Ty
Moore

S h a r o n  G i l l i g a n   &  S a r a h  G i n s k e y

What It Is

Are they floating up or falling down?
Were they flung aloft or sucked to earth?
The circles sink like heavy snow
Or waft like wind-borne seeds.

The sky glows red with waning sun,
Or greets the morn with coral kiss.
The color seethes with unchecked rage,
Or sings with raucous glee.

Blue slips in to share the joy
Or lend its icy touch to cool the heat.
One full-length path strikes through the scene
One stunted shaft ends short of mark.

In life as well we yearn to know
What is up and what is down.
Should we rant for what we've lost,
Or revel in each joy however small.

When we look we see ourselves
Buoyed by hope or felled by pain.
Bathed in mirth or choked by wrath
We must write who we become.

A Strange Blossom