Visiting Artists and Writers
 Robert Henry |
 Barbara Gallucci |
 Willie Cole |
 Emily Cheng |
“The Past”
by Michael Ryan
It shows up one summer in a greatcoat,
storms through the house confiscating,
says it must be paid and quickly,
says it must take everything.
Your children stare into their cornflakes,
your wife whispers only once to stop it,
because she loves you and she sees it
darken the room suddenly like a stain.
What did you do to deserve it,
ruining breakfast on a balmy day?
Kiss your loved ones. Night is coming.
There was no life without it anyway.
“Dung Beetle”
By Doreen Gildroy
Be kind to me, a mess. I represent
persistence—in the
dirty thing;
things larger than me
I do not fear.
Whatever you think, or like—
I live. Oh,
marvel!
Pushing up the hill—
rolling around.
I feel myself at work.
You are larger than I think,
and that is very comforting to me.
August Visiting Artists and Writers:
 Adam Bravera  Gillian Jagger  Allison Smith  Barbara Takenaga  Irving Petlin  Jean McGarry |