This image is called Depths. It’s part of my Green Girl images done in collaboration with poet Mary Jo Amani for her book Green Girl Weaving. It goes with the following poem:
The Depths
Stepping into the years, bare-chested,
he pushes a white fishing boat
into the sea, wooden hull lined with a streak of blue.
Gone boy, dolphin mine.
I send him over and over,
back to the waves of childhood,
back to Caribbean surf,
his head rising from the water’s curl
over the rickety depths of the unknown.
There’s light in the Mariana Trench,
seven miles down.
Chemicals in the shrimplike amphipods
keep their cell walls elastic,
keep them from being crushed
from the pressure of the deep.
So, too, at the lowest pitch of my life,
I swim in this sea gleaming with hordes
of lost souls inching along;
our memories, crusty and glowing,
keeping us alive.
The card will come with the poem it is based on printed on the back, and will be blank inside waiting for your message.
To purchase Green Girl Weaving visit: https://maryjoamani.com/
To view other available images:
This image is called Depths. It’s part of my Green Girl images done in collaboration with poet Mary Jo Amani for her book Green Girl Weaving. It goes with the following poem:
The Depths
Stepping into the years, bare-chested,
he pushes a white fishing boat
into the sea, wooden hull lined with a streak of blue.
Gone boy, dolphin mine.
I send him over and over,
back to the waves of childhood,
back to Caribbean surf,
his head rising from the water’s curl
over the rickety depths of the unknown.
There’s light in the Mariana Trench,
seven miles down.
Chemicals in the shrimplike amphipods
keep their cell walls elastic,
keep them from being crushed
from the pressure of the deep.
So, too, at the lowest pitch of my life,
I swim in this sea gleaming with hordes
of lost souls inching along;
our memories, crusty and glowing,
keeping us alive.
The card will come with the poem it is based on printed on the back, and will be blank inside waiting for your message.
To purchase Green Girl Weaving visit: https://maryjoamani.com/
To view other available images:
