Collaboration - One Poem by Susan Isla Tepper with Art by Digby Beaumont.

 

Visit

 

She was the last

to visit my garden

carrying snowdrops

in her hair

A basket

of African Violets

dangling

for which I had no use

but didn’t say so—

Didn’t say who brings flowers

into an abundant garden

Tho’ she’d read my mind

telling me it was all lies

my garden— just a tumble 

weeds and wild things

crawling in the dirt.

When she removed her clothes

we couldn’t see eye to eye.

Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty-year writer and the author of 11 published books of fiction and poetry and 3 stage plays. Her play “The Crooked Heart” concerning artist Jackson Pollock premiered on October 25, 2022 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Another play, LADY IN A POST BOX, co-written with poet and writer Ciaran O’Driscoll is moving toward production. Tepper’s new Novel satire titled ‘Office’ has been released by Wilderness House Press. Another novel ‘Hair of a Fallen Angel’ will be released in the winter.

http://www.susantepper.com

Digby Beaumont is an award-winning artist. His work has been published extensively in collaboration with writers of fiction, poetry and music. He works on portraits, still lifes, landscapes and a series of drawings on the theme of what it is to be human. He works with acrylic paint, mostly on canvas board, pen and ink on paper and mixed media. Digby became a professional artist in 2021. He is also a widely published writer. http://www.DIGBYBEAUMONT.COM