the white pine easel
set to my child-sized height
the paper’s grain, rough edges
fastened by wood clothespins
a well-worn pearl snap work shirt
draped on backwards as a smock
sleeves rolled thick at the wrist
the smooth tip of the paintbrush
belonging, becoming in my hand
every stroke a fingerprint
the gentle morning sun
radiant and still within me
Calling by Laura Rockhold | Sandalwood Rose Poetry Reed Diffuser
Laura Rockhold is a poet, visual artist, and inventor of the golden root poetic form. She is a recipient of the Save Our Earth Award, Bring Back The Prairies Award, Southern MN Poets Society Award, and several International Academy of Visual Arts and Hermes Creative Awards. Her work is exhibited at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, in private collections, galleries, anthologies, has been nominated for Best of the Net, and published internationally. www.laurarockhold.com
