Susan Cowger

Art & Poetry

Art Poetry

Na Po Mo

National Poetry month. A frightening call to arms for the non-wordsmiths among us. Fear not. Rules for play: A photo and caption using as many words as the date. April 1--one word. Easy peasy. Lingoferous* ... read more

Generations

Two and a half and in the back seat, she sits, big girl style, on a booster seat. Her grandfather had called last night. He does not talk to her on the phone, only tells her mother he is coming for Lucy in the morning.   He was late. She was not ready. Her mother reached above the armoire, feeling for the bowl. Thumb and finger, she ... read more

Sign Language

After swimming at the Y today, I shared the shower room with a small Chinese lady. We never spoke a word (but obeyed the locker room protocol of not staring; only casually glancing when grabbing shampoo or turning to rinse). She might have decided I was tall. I thought her feet were small. Later, while we dressed, she wandered back by the sink, ... read more

Hidden Story

I used to write inside the dresser drawers. First on the white paper liner, later lifting the protection and coloring beneath. Dark smooth wood. I’d scribble green and red and blue and then close it away. A hidden rendevous with beauty. A hidden wrong. The mind is a drawer of remembracnce... ...hidden stories that rub off on clean ... read more

Luminaria

Light can be described both as a wave and a particle. Not one or the other. Both. *It can be dark in the light. And light in the dark. * In the beginning was the Word and the word was with God and the word was God.*Riddles. Riddles in which we find truth.*Is there anything more full of light that the voice of someone you love? Trails under the ... read more