Authors
Responding
 to Artists

Alena
Guest 

Don
Kirkpatrick

Emily
Inwood

Fauna
Perkins

Jewels
Marcus

Karen
Lewis

Marylyn
Motherbear
Scott

Maureen
Eppstein


Authors Writing 
for Artists

Alena
Deerwater

Chet
Boddy

Fran
Schwartz

Henri
Bensussen

Jan
Edwards

Janet
Ashford

Katherine
Heimann
Brown

Orah
Young

Chet Boddy
"The Pond"

I stand so still by the pond that spiders have woven webs between my fingers and birds perch unafraid upon my outstretched arms. A toddling child has found his way to my secluded garden spot. I enjoy his silent company.
     The enchanted waters speak. “Come to me sweet little boy. I long to hold you in my watery arms.”
The child steps forward and walks as if by magic on the mirrored surface, then swiftly sinks without a ripple.
     “Someone please come save the child,” I cry. No words pass from my frozen lips. My feet are anchored to the earth and my legs are made of granite.
     Far across the lawn a man sprints towards me. He leaps neck-deep into the pool and frees his son from the sucking mud below.
     I am so ashamed. I should have acted but I could not move.
     “Who called to me?” The man holds his dripping child and scans the leafy woods. I am just another lichen-covered object in the forest.
     The child opens his dark eyes and stares directly into mine, which are unblinking, made of stone.

Suzi Marquess Long
"The Pond"

 

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