Art is never still, it moves, with an almost restless intensity, from one moment of inspiration to the next. It takes many forms and each form enriches the other. I am so pleased to offer you art inspired by, and art that inspires, poetry. From music, to dance, to rap, to humor, to visual art, all art forms are related, one to the other; sustaining one another, validating one another and perhaps, most importantly, inspiring one another. I am excited and truly honored to be presenting these guest artists, as they share their talents and artistic forms of expression with us.
…footsteps a single word that takes us on a journey into words then lines…
Susan A. Katz
…word after word
like footprints in the sand
guiding you home leading
you safely
through the poem… (SAK)
How fragile is the life that strives to simply be…
Susan A. Katz
…and dies
because of you
and me…
…we reach with hand and heart and mind until our souls collide…
Susan A. Katz
…becoming one
no shame no secrets
no deceit nothing
left to hide…
Lonely is a place where hearts seem too broken to be healed…
Susan A. Katz
…but if the truth should be revealed
the cure is neither bold nor grand
it takes only this a smile
and a proffered hand…
SAK (rights reserved)
The world is ending in the wrath of flame…
Susan A. Katz
…to our shame
we have no one else
to blame…
The words are there upon the page words both passionate and sage…
Susan A. Katz
…if no one reads them do they
die or do they spread
their wings and fly a thought
once spoken lives I think
for all eternity
I hope for sunrise and for golden days…
Susan A. Katz
where love inspires kindness
in a thousand different ways…
Words come crashing hard inside my head…
Susan A. Katz
…as though they know
the way to go showing me
the me I never thought I’d know…
They move as though they feel the weight of air and lift each other to another plain…
Susan A. Katz…they speak of joy they speak
of pain and as they move I hear
the music play I see the rising
of the sun I feel inside my bones
the song their bodies sung…
With thanks to the performing artists:
Natalia Sandrine
Scynthia Charles
Charles Murrell
To be overwhelmed by the wonder of what we see…
Susan A. Katz
…is to have found the inspiration
for writing poetry…