Listen to my muted lips feed me stardust sun-days Scoop generously Smothering pickled-spear doubts Crumble lemon cookies beckoning from my brain's clouded freeze-her Sprinkle celestial sugar into my choked mocha cough-fee Cast aside daily grinds Brew ideas to fruition Sprout beans defying gravity shooting sear-rip orbits Banish planet-tarry delays Whip mill-key way magic into my barren eggs Let astral seeds gestate in my literary womb. © 2020 Lynne Grossman
Artist’s Statement:
“I paint the music in my soul. I chose my painting “Power of Hope” from my archives specifically for its universal peace, strength, and optimism.” Since the original painting was bought by New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a high-quality print that Lynne produced herself, resides in the permanent collection of healing art in the Inova Hospital Health System.
This piece is also one of the paintings and photographs featured when Lynne gave a multi-arts presentation of her photography, visual art, and poetry at The National League of American Pen Women’s 120th Birthday Celebration in Washington, D.C. She is a founding artist of the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia as well as The Pastel Society of Virginia. Lynne has been juried into numerous shows and won awards for her paintings and photographs. Visit Lynne online http://www.LynneGrossman.com.
Bio:
Lynne Grossman is an artist and writer who strongly believes in using the arts for healing and social justice. She has published nonfiction, poetry, and flash fiction in the anthologies: The Light Between Us-True Stories of Healing Through Creative Expression, Poems of the Super Moon, and Flash! Short Short Stories by Pen Women (The Pen Women Press). Her essay and other poems have been published on websites such as Split this Rock Organization’s blog: “Blog this Rock” for the theme Poems of Resistance, Power, and Resilience. Lynne has given many poetry readings including as an introduction to the special evening of poetry led by then Poet Laureate of Virginia Sofia M. Starnes. Lynne was an invited reader for “The Celebration of African-American Poets of Washington, D.C”. She is a retired Speech-Language Pathologist and Hearing Therapist. Lynne holds degrees from The University of Virginia: B.S. Speech-Language Pathology, M.Ed. (Concentration: Audiology).
Donation Appeal:
Throughout June and July, we will be presenting on this web site work by poets and artists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will find these works relevant, comforting and inspiring as we all cope with the economic and health-related fallout.
As you view the work on this site each day, we would like to encourage you to donate to the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC). Their mission “ is to feed our neighbors in need by providing dignified access to supplemental groceries. AFAC is seeing a record number of families due to the COVID-19 pandemic as families who never thought they would ever be in need are now showing up at our doors for much needed food.” And, in keeping with our hunger-focused efforts, you may also want to visit the Poetry X Hunger website where poems by many poets are posted and are being used by anti-hunger organizations.”
Throughout June and July, we will be presenting on this web site work by poets and artists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will find these works relevant, comforting and inspiring as we all cope with the economic and health-related fallout.
Please consider donating to AFAC. If you do, let us know which poet or artist inspired you so we can send you a personal thank you.
