Sunday, May 3, 2015

Springtime over Sehome


Sky, blue like electricity
shoves out sulking clouds
and suspends in the stage above

I look up

just soon enough to see wrathful cloud banks
crawling, clawing,
their way back into the sky

Then
         “Pit”
                      “Pat”
rain gently knocking on windows
Then
         “Bom”
                       “Bang”
                                    rain knocking down doors.

and so the students zip up dark jackets,
slip on patterned boots,
preparing for battle

only to step out under blue.

Under the blue (and grey)

the flowers bloom
petals unfolding,
pollen dripping into the air.

Under the blue

legs and shoulders bare
tattoos unearthed
bright fabrics, floral patterns
tattoos unearthed
legs and shoulders bare.

and so, as if to fit some code,

I lay, belly pressed into sticky leather,
In a room that smells of sharp antiseptic,
with fake flames splashed onto the walls

I lay and a needle, buzzing like a frantic wasp,
bites at my flesh,

outlines of those soft petals unfolding on my shoulder
those dying petals
                        falling
                                          down
                                                   my
                                                                  back

                        caught in a moment of beginning and end.

and so while springtime in Sehome
            bursts
                        and
scatters
                away….
those flowers and that sky

echo in my skin.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Sick-Day Artwork

Here's what the kids and I painted this sick-day morning:
"Beautiful"
Stay healthy out there the germs are fierce!  Love you!

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Welcome to the Family Art Project

Hey everyone.

Ali and I talked about this a long while back. Please post whatever art you would like to share: musings, photos, drawings, whatever.

I'm excited to see where this could go!

Love you,

Megan