We Happy Four - poetry and photography by Cristina M. R. Norcross

(Photo by Cristina Norcross / Sculpture art by Bruce Garner, "Joy")

We Happy Four

(Inspired by a sculpture installation on Sparks Street in Ottawa, Canada)

We four, we happy four –

the world rushes by –

a hustle and bustle of crinkling packages

and steaming cups of coffee.

We let them see our faces –

our open lives celebrated in brass.

If they pause,

we become the statues we are –

a mere reflection of the possible.

Most keep walking –

keep rushing about.

I hold my head high –

chin up,

mouth open,

singing in silence

for all to know

the joy of standing still.

Cristina M. R. Norcross

Copyright 2013

Where There is Light - poetry and photography by Cristina M. R. Norcross

Where There is Light

(Photography - a tree in Lake Geneva)

There is light in your hand.

It spreads like a fan –

awakening the melody of movement –

each finger touching words.

Every line begins with story –

the story of a tree,

the story of the sun,

the story of how you started this poem.

There is light in your hand.

You look for it in shadows.

The first flicker of an idea

seems to escape –

a slippery fish.

The tightly held fist

doesn’t hold much.

You must open your hand wide.

Cristina M. R. Norcross

Copyright 2013

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