Poster Image
$20
Item#: 2012SYR14
Purchase Details
11x17-inches, printed on heavy weight (100-pound) Hammermill cover paper. We package each print with a piece of chipboard in a clear plastic sleeve.
You also receive…
An information page with photos of the artist and poet, and hand-written comments from each.
Medium- and large-format posters are available by custom order. Contact us for details.
With wide wings like oars
poster information
Description
With wide wings like oars
black crows row a stormy sky
while I toss and turn
Crows blanket my backyard, cover the park across the street, and loiter in the street. Wall to wall crows fly low, pick garbage, and drop calling cards, not unlike an invasion. To make my peace with crows, I write haiku, choosing the way of poetry and peace rather than guns and violence. I am honored to be chosen for a poster.
Usually, I work in creative non-fiction. Since I am trained in photography and the literary arts, my work tends towards metaphor and imagery. I try to take the music of poetry and make it audible in prose.
I like crows. They have always been one of my favorite animals. They are beautiful and have a lot of mythology associated with them. They are also very smart and very indicative of Syracuse.
I wanted my illustration to be dreamy and a little distorted. Because the haiku finishes, “While I toss and turn,” I pictured someone sleeping, with the storm outside disturbing them. Recently I have been working in a flat, graphic style, but here I wanted depth and shadows because I felt it would work better with this dreamy haiku, more subtle colors and not anything stark.