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I hope, when i am gone​

 

I hope, when i am gone

 

that all the birds still dive

from the maple to the feeder

and

that all the beds grow over

with mint and onion grass

 

i hope

the rabbit family still 

grows old under our shed

and

the neighbors cat 

still prowls

 

i hope 

the howl of planes 

still roars overhead 

and yet always 

 

gives way

 

to the wrens

and the swifts

and the sparrows 

and

the sweet woodruff

who come back

and back

 

and back

 

i hope the kids in the schoolyard

still call out to all their friends

and say

oh look

 

there’s movement in the house

 

where no one ever lived

 

and where the lily

of the valley

grows

in every corner

 

of the yard. 

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Phyllis Whippen

Hope

Mixed Media

~ Kate Zelkowitz

Meet the Creators

Kate Zelkowitz

Kate Zelkowitz is a writer, choreographer, and Ipswich native. She has been writing poems and prose for as long as she can remember. She has over ten years of dance training in jazz, modern, and ballet, and has loved helping students experience the magic of dance the way she did as an assistant teacher and an instructor at High Street Studios. Kate is a junior at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, pursuing a B.A in Communications, with a concentration in Digital Media Innovation. She is also a former specialty espresso barista and makes a mean cup of coffee.

Phyllis Whippen

Primarily a watercolor artist, but to make this piece for V/V I’ve added pencil, ink and pastel. I’ve been drawing and painting my whole life, working from photographs I take, I love highly detailed projects that are interesting to study and are full of intricate surprises! Landscapes are my favorite! And lots of color! 

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