Saturday, December 28, 2019

VSC Wishes You Peace, Joy, and Happiness






wishing you peace, joy, light, & grace
Tom Condon, Clever Aspartame, 2017, archival  pigment print and metal leaf on paper.
Trevor Corp, Untitled, relief print, 8.5 x 6 inches
Vermont Studio Center wishes you
peace, joy, and happiness
this holiday season and
throughout 2020.
Anatomy of a Chickadee
oh, little;
               body small
hunched on the branch
stiff crunch of snow over
gravel, the only sound tonight.
you know
                to slow
                            your heart-beat
your breath.
            your core asks little
when you want it to.  I need to know.
my control is a window, latched.
            a heart-box.  I only repeat
flight,
            away from.
your slim feathers,
            tucked in, insulate & protect.
it's too cold.
            I think:  I'll be safe here.—Sarah Audsley
Trevor Corp is VSC's Plant Manager and an artist; Sarah Audsley is a poet, VSC's Writing Program Coordinator, and a VSC staff artist.