Recently the super talented poet Hannah Stephenson created a poem inspired by my artwork below.
Fresh Air
Calm down, it’s not a net
around you, it’s a tent.
The flap is right here,
step outside if you need
fresh air, for this place
to spritz you with air
straight from a pine tree’s
mouth. Thunder’s ok,
rain is ok, that’s what
the tent is for, remember.
Don’t confuse shelter with
trap, the mountains are
all around, and the grass
is still soft on either side
of the path that you sidled
down when you came to us
this morning. Last year,
I mean. Whenever, it’s
summer here and winter
elsewhere, simultaneously,
anyway. Looking back, who
knows what you’ll think.
Poem by Hannah Stephenson aka The Storialist
The Storialist is Hannah Stephenson, a poet, writer,editor, and instructor.
Hannah is a poet, editor, and instructor living in Columbus, Ohio. She is a poetry blogger for The Huffington Post, and her poems have appeared in publications that include Hobart,Room, Contrary, MAYDAY, qarrtsiluni, and The Nervous Breakdown. Her full-length collection, In the Kettle, the Shriek, is available from Gold Wake Press, and she'd love to share it with you.