Poster Image
$20
Item#: 2020SYR13
Purchase Details
11x17-inches, printed on heavy weight (100-pound) Hammermill cover paper. We package each print with a piece of chipboard in a clear plastic sleeve.
You also receive…
An information page with photos of the artist and poet, and hand-written comments from each.
Medium- and large-format posters are available by custom order. Contact us for details.
Poem Inspiration Location
Winter's White Blindfold
poster information
Description
Winter's white blindfold
blankets fields of dormant grass.
Blue jays bloom in trees.
Sometimes a poem just happens. That's how this haiku came about. I was busy doing my least favorite chore after breakfast one late December morning. When I looked up from the sudsy water, I saw the naked maple tree in our backyard adorned with blue jays against the backdrop of a snow-covered field. How could I not put it into a poem? The haiku is the perfect form for the swift and indelible impression created by a sudden flash of beauty. It needs no embellishment. It wants only to be seen in the mind's eye again and again.
When I was an undergrad at the University of New Haven, I would spend a lot of my free time with the local wildlife. One of my favorite creatures around campus was the blue jays. I enjoyed being around them whenever I'd read underneath my favorite patch of trees. I used my memories of walking through the trees and listening to the birds to inspire the design of the poster. I tried to give each bird its own spirit and personality to reflect the beauty and wonder in our everyday wildlife. Since my days in Connecticut, I have been writing for the Syracuse Woman magazine and exploring the exciting world of freelancing art and writing.