by Lynne Friedman
Tending to the Aftermath
Pine blue corn cobs were tied to its eyes.
When it thrashed the land. Where the floods
swallowed the wind and a stillness seeped
through us, Mother set about tending
to folk in broken houses. She multiplied
herself. There were as many of her as
there were seeds in my watermelon.
Filaments of adder’s flower shaped
into dresses. Canyons of choirs
in my veins. Rubies and Sapphires.
I have seen these women before.
Wearing turquoise eye shadow.
Their lips, painted with lilies.
Wendy Heath is the author of book of Greta Oak, sine wave peak and Radio Lent, KFS Press. Heath works in collage and textile. She lives in England near the North Sea.
Lynne Friedman’s work has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Booth Western Art Museum (GA), Galleria Nacional (Costa Rica), the James McNeil Whistler Museum and numerous solo shows in New York City including Noho Gallery and Prince Street Gallery among others in the Chelsea District of NYC. Additionally her work was selected for the U.S. Department of State Art-in-Embassies Program for Djibouti, E. Africa and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her work is in many corporate and private collections including Pfizer, McGraw Hill, IBM, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Pace University, Ritz Carleton Hotels and City National Bank. She has received seven artist residency grants to work in Spain, Costa Rica, Ireland, Southern France and New Mexico. She received a BA and MFA in Art from Queens College, an Ed.D. from Columbia University and studied at the New York Studio School. Previously a college art teacher she now works full time painting.