Two of my poems will be displayed with art at Benedictine College in Lisle, Illinois in March as part of an ekphrastic project of the Illinois State Poetry Society. The exhibit was previously presented at the Burning Bush Gallery in Wheaton this fall.
This is a link to the art that inspired one of the poems below:
Mask
See the sadness in my eyes.
I hide behind this mask
afraid to affirm
who I am
what I feel within.
My mask twists and winds
like my spirit and mind.
Will I be scorned, unloved
should I reveal myself
and all I may become?
Shall I dare be strong
even reckless to
fly free with these feathers
or stay stuck, silent and sad
beneath this mask?
Art by Yelda Akacik (on Instagram at @hiyelda
https://instagram.com/hiyelda?igshid=57bzvq30vwuz )
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