Glitter on Horizon        for Kathleen Kenyon

I remember

A woman artist

Many years ago,

Sent me an antique postcard;

It showed scenes by a river,

And beyond the water,

Glitter on horizon.

We had this marvelous dream

Of being artists;

Happenstance of task and heart,

The combining of all things--

Today I engrave dazzling lines,

Cut my drawing of a shell

Into zinc printing plate.

Displaced metal rises

From the groove I make

With my burin,

Becomes shiny spiral

Curling off tool's severe

Point.

Kathleen's antique postcard

Has glitter on Hudson River's

Deepest curve;

It could be a bow of sparkles

To walk upon

Laura Stickney  2025

notes: Antique postcard sent to me by artist

Kathleen Kenyon in 1981. Kathleen was a 

photographer, collage artist, and created 

collaborative art work with her twin sister, 

Colleen Kenyon. Kathleen was a member

of my Graduate Committee at USC in 1978-79.