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"Ophelia" Copyright by Christopher Clements

Resurrection

A poem by Pam Wynn

she's not that tall
about Grandma's height
back as straight
as the worn wooden chairs
gathered 'round her table

she dreams of someone
stroking her hair
and awakes with a start

she blows on a spark
and it glows

a sprig of green
in her hair
she wears a gown of gauze
woven from the dust
of the ground

eyes like silt
she sings sorrow's song
her bare feet
dancing
sliding
gliding
toward a stream
of sound

Copyright Pam Wynn

Pam Wynn

Pam writes:
In 2004, I traveled to Guatemala to study the influence of the blending of Mayan and Catholic traditions upon Guatemalan art. While there I worked with New York photographer Judy Tillenger. Recently, while working on a manuscript centered on transformation, I began to search for images of resurrection and recalled a photo by Tillinger. "Resurrection" was written in response to a photo by Tillinger taken outside Antigua.

Pam Wynn, author of Diamonds on the Back of a Snake, was significantly shaped by her childhood in the Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal regions of North Carolina. Her poems have appeared in a variety of regional and national publications. She has received support for her work from the Jerome Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, and New York Mills Arts & Cultural Center. Pam is a member of the Laurel Poetry Collective, www.laurelpoetry.com.

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