‘The riverbanks are almost relaxed’ by Jessica Dawn Zinz

Notes /Materials:  

collaged images primarily from National Geographic Magazine May 2024 Vol. 245 No. 5 and May 2024 Vol. 174 No. 6 

text sourced from A Parent’s Guide to Children’s Reading (Nancy Larrick; Pocket Cardinal Edition, 1958) 

* “Who has seen the Wind?” – poem by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) 


Jessica Dawn Zinz (she/her) is a writer, artist, and professor living in Ohio. She has a Creative Writing MFA and teaches writing at Bowling Green State University. Her poetry, artwork, and visual poems have been published most recently in TAB Journal, ctrl+v journal, RHINO Poetry, and Harpy Hybrid Review. Her work has been anthologized in the Driftwood 2024 Anthology. She has work forthcoming in Diode. Jessica is currently working on visual poetry, collage poetry, and other hybrid writing and art related to aging, pregnancy, motherhood, and marriage. Instagram: @jessicadawnzinzart.