Category: collage

POPO 2021 Day 1, October 1

This year was the first year I participated in the Poetry Postcard Fest (aka POPO.)  Kerfe Roig told me about it last year when she participated.  For me an enjoyable part was creating paper collage however the spirit moved me and then doing an ekphrastic slimverse poem to it.   Another fun part is the receiving…

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dVerse — quadrille 114 — Cloudfish

Rise to the surfacefrom deep blue each breath a lighter hue Patchwork of cloudsmeshed together,one hand lifts us up. A place where we see,formed, yet formless,happiness is a noplace But everyplace to be;blind, yet seeing,all one being.     When I read Lillian’s prompt word over the weekend, I took a moment to take it…

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First Photo Collage

I’ve been doing small 5″x8″ for a few years now, and it’s been more by intuition or intention on a subject.  This time I decided to try to create one by using a photograph and recreating it in a fashion using strips of paper.  I saw a photo that Kathleen Jennette posted awhile ago and…

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Collage: Two reapers and a castle

The other day I sat down with the boxes of assorted magazine cut-outs, separated by subject (animals, people, landscapes, things) with no idea in mind.  I suspended my brain and let intuition pick the pieces.  The collage put itself together, a piece at a time.  It was too big to scan so I took a…

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#MM — Saturday Mix — covid-19 quatrain

The world’s walking on a wire Life juggling exploding balls Each hoping nobody falls Yet some will soon sing with the choir. Beneath us all there’s a fire Be it hell or hell on earth That has been played with since birth Soaring death rate shows it’s dire. Shall we get out of this mire?…

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