Poster Image
$20
Item#: 2020SYR15
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.
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An information page with photos of the artist and poet, and hand-written comments from each.
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Poem Inspiration Location
Walk the Green Lake Path
poster information
Description
Walk the Green Lake path…
Lush and open, Earth to sky.
Whispers: "You and I".
The Green Lakes haiku that I wrote for the Syracuse Poster Project was the very first haiku that I have ever penned. Most of the poetry that I write is longer and more free form. I was excited to give this discipline a try and felt that Green Lakes was a perfect local inspiration.
I am fortunate to live minutes away from this natural wonder and spend several days a week there walking the serene paths. There is a clear and verdant quality to the lakes that uniquely showcases the forestry vistas, through all four seasons, in a natural splendor. It has been the backdrop for some of my favorite memories with the people I love most.
My friend Kelly and I became instant friends when we met at a company party decades ago. We found time in our busy lives to deepen the friendship by taking walks together at Green Lakes. I would sometimes take my camera and quickly snap photos along the way (Kelly is a very fast walker), never getting enough of the branches dipping into that extraordinary color. Sometimes Kelly's tiny tots would accompany us, and I took many photos when Maggie came with us in her Halloween pumpkin suit. When I read Ana's poem, I felt it represented everything about my walks with Kelly. As I made the illustration, I re-lived our many walks and that special day with Maggie.