Meltdown

…Now the flock of chunks

has morphed into unrecognizable shapes.

Say your prayers, little lambs.

Join the jigsaw river.

–excerpt from “Meltdown” from a photograph by X Woods, in Hanging Like Hope on the Equinox by Donna Pucciani (Virtual Artists Collective, Chicago, 2013). Published in After Hours and Freshwater.

Meltdown

…The clods of ice wander

listlessly on dark industrial waters

like lost sheep. They watch each other

decay in the oil-slick river …
–excerpt from “Meltdown” based on a photograph by X Woods, in Hanging Like Hope on the Equinox by Donna Pucciani (Virtual Artists Collective, Chicago 2013). Published in After Hours and Freshwater.

 

Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston

Poetry by Donna Pucciani will be featured as part of the exhibit “With a Little Help from Our Friends: Collected Works by Atlantic Works Artists and Invited Guests,” July 18-August 17, 2013, at Atlantic Works Gallery, 80 Border St., E. Boston, MA 02128. Pucciani’s poem “Vanishing Act” will complement photography by x Bonnie Woods, an artist/photographer based in Boston, MA and Berlin, Germany. Pucciani’s poem is featured in her latest book, Hanging Like Hope on the Equinox (virtual artists collective, Chicago 2013). Atlantic Works Gallery hours are as follows: Reception Thursday, August 15, 6-9 pm; Fridays and Saturdays 2-6 pm. All are welcome!