Monday, August 26, 2013

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