Poster Image
$20
Item#: 2014SYR17
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.
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Spring Comes, Flowers Bloom
poster information
Description
Spring comes, flowers bloom,
deer dine on floral buffet,
gardeners must pay
We have lived in rural areas and own a cottage in the mountains, but we have never seen as many deer as there are in the city. We live near Nottingham High School, and we see deer almost every day. We once saw a herd of 12 walking down our driveway. At times we saw it as humorous, saying, “There must be a sign somewhere: 'Free Eats at the Yonai Home.'” However, it is also a very serious problem. We wrote this haiku a year before the community held a meeting attended by several hundred people complaining about the same things. Deer are destroying our yards and eating our plants. People are getting sick from deer ticks with Lyme disease. The deer run in front of cars, causing injuries to the drivers, passengers and deer. It's not an easy problem to solve.
I grew up in a small town in rural Vermont, so adjusting to living somewhere like Syracuse was a big deal for me, and when the opportunity to participate in the Poster project rolled around, I knew exactly what under-appreciated aspect of Syracuse I wanted to bring to light with my poster. I was fortunate enough to find a great poem, through which I could visually join the themes I love to put into my illustrations with what I learned to love about Syracuse. I am pleased to authentically say that the deer in my poster were drawn from reference photos I took of the deer that frequent the yard behind my South Campus apartment.