Each New Wave

“Art replaces the light that is lost when the day fades, the moment passes, the evanescent extraordinary makes its quicksilver. Art tries to capture that which we know leaves us, as we move in and out of each other’s lives, as we all must eventually leave this earth. Great artists know that shadow, work always against the dying light, but always knowing that the day brings new light and that the ocean which washes away all traces on the sand leaves us a new canvas with each wave.”― Elizabeth Alexander, The Light of the World
“Poetry is what you find
in the dirt in the corner,
overhear on the bus, God
in the details, the only way
to get from here to there.”
― Elizabeth Alexander
In corners
In conversations
In details
Poetry of life
Dailyness
Grace and gratitude
Awe and wonder
Enter and submerge in the ordinary
Sharpened senses
Letting in the glory and new light
A new canvas with each new wave.
“…now I know my capacity for awe
is infinite: this thirst is permanent,
the well bottomless, my good fortune vast.”― Elizabeth Alexander