Early in my study of poetry and philosophy with Eli Siegel, author of Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana: Poems, (Definition Press, 1957), it was suggested that we students write three sentences about an object and illustrate them with drawings or other artwork. Many years later, when I began to take photographs and also wrote poetry with a new feeling, I remembered this early instruction and found it a wonderful means of expression.

Now I have a large body of related poems and photographs. Some of these have been designed as posters.

Following are three posters which mean very much to me personally, and have affected others deeply. I wish to share them with all who want them.

Now and Forever

Dear Tree

Welcome

My feeling about America is in this poem and photograph of the American flag. I saw the flag at a construction site opposite my home on East 24th Street just two miles north of Ground Zero.

I had felt sorrow, misery, and hopelessness since the disaster and feared ongoing terrorism. But the basic beauty and hope in the American spirit and what America has stood for all these years--freedom, ethics, beauty--spoke to me through this flag. I felt in it the spirit of the American Revolution and what we cherish now.

I thought of the brave citizens taking part in the rescue operations and of American soldiers who might be overseas. The poem came to me like drumbeats. I wrote it down and photographed the flag.

I hope this image and the poem encourage and comfort others as they do me.

Dear Tree




The poem and photograph were created by Barbara Singer. The poster was designed by Marcus Ratliff.

Welcome

Illness, disability can come to any of us. I wrote this poem and took the photograph when I was worried about the outcome of surgery. I hope they encourage and strengthen you as they have me.

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