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ANNE GORRICK

 

 

 

The Clouds

are lower than Aristophanes
and filled with text
A summary of ghosts opened up
and disintegrated into dust at his feet
Beneath the sun
creek bees celebrate by weeping
Light drops out of your enchanted learning
echoed in blue
Chords have not lifted
are a weird color
The afternoon was a poem in Camarillo
I can’t handle your information security
Lenticular whales swim against mountains
Cotton balls and moon lamas
xxxxxxof joy
xxxxxxof Neptune
xxxxxxof Venus
xxxxxxof judgement
xxxxxxof Magellan
xxxxxxof war
Autumn opened up its stencils
should know me by now
Trust at the highest altitudes makes snow
Umbrellas form, veils
Daisy chains wave their beams of light

 

 

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1. Action: Storm at Sea, 2020.  Encaustic monotype with copper ink, pastel and graphite on Rives lightweight paper (19″ x 19″). Ink marks made with gingko leaves.

2. not(k)not 1, 2020.  Encaustic monotype with graphite, pastel, charcoal and xerox transfer on Thai kozo paper (25″ x 37″).

3. Untitled, 2020.  Encaustic monotype with sumi, walnut and copper inks, graphite, and Mobil 1 waste oil on kitakata roll paper (19″ x 19″). Ink marks made with white pine bough.