This is a blog for sharing art of all kinds. If you're in or around Athens, GA and write poetry, songs, flash fiction, short stories, anything really and want to post, send your stuff to Shannon at shannonmcmorlandfoley@gmail.com or to Scott at lionoftheday@gmail.com. Photography and photographed artwork also welcome! Include a short bio and a pic if you want and any link to a personal website or blog you want to share.Please be patient while we get things up and running :)
On Climbing a Pinetree on My 38th Birthday
To go beyond
and through
and up into.
To be covered
in scratches
and clumps
of sticky sap.
To see fireflies
higher
than I knew
they could fly.
To look down
on the streetlight
in flat imitation
of the moon.
To hear layers
of sound-
bullfrogs and
lonely night birds.
To feel rough bark
on bare thighs-
pulsing energy
of life and growth.
To be immersed
in the now
in urgency
as all there is.
To be alive
fully
to stretch beyond
who I was before.
6/11/2012
Shannon McMorland Foley
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