Monday, October 10, 2016

Silver Creamer with Concord Grapes



Oil on Ampersand gessobord, 5 x 7"

Sold

For Arielle and Maura


My daughters’ small 
determined hands 
reach through bramble and 
twisted vine 
to pull whole bunches 
of dusty purple
Concord grapes free 
from the wildness of it.
Itchy arms speckled with tiny cuts, 
squatting 
in chickweed and dandelion with 
dirty faces and shining hair 
to eat wild foraged fruit 
in the summer sun.  

Silver reflects and contains, 
holds and pours, 
remembers. 

-Sharon Egan






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