some poems are anecdotal like this

by Stephanie Trenchard

Anecdotal in painting is to depict small narratives, like a woman sleeping on a picnic table as the blue-sky spins and a winged lemur, a nocturnal animal, fluent in the language of dreams, waits nearby looking away from the vortex.  Reading in bed, my membrane bound matter, my cells, search for what is missing, what is available. Music, meaning images from a dream state, a daydream break, invites the unexpected, the surrealism of my layered memories, and even if, even when, a judgment pricks and forces an exhale, a resignation to time, to ego again,  I fold back into the sleepy realm and gravitate to the rhythm of patterns, novel thoughts that pair images, for instance, of Jupiter and someone from years ago, Eileen or Scott, unfinished, unopened presents from the psyche, left deep within. A hello again, together, surprise, surprise! A divertimento that feels like a key. Some dreams are like this.

Stephanie Trenchard is a nationally recognized artist whose narrative cast glass work in many fine collections and museums. She runs a hot glass studio in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin as well as teaching her technique internationally. Her writing has been published in Dillydoun Review, The Closed Eye Open, upcoming in Black Fox Literary Journal, and The Write Launch. Her artwork is in many fine collections and museums and can be seen at popelkaglass.com