| The Honey Land Review Spring 2010 Volume 2, Issue 2 |
All roads lead to Rome.
Perhaps not.
I posit:
a rough grained paper stretched taut
a gliding pencil
meeting resistance.
Minuscule ridges and valleys that pull and break
then smooth soft graphite
into paths a stop start pause then push.
A pioneer through virgin lands.
Lines connect and curves enclose
and angled corners promise depths
distant hills that cover distant hills,
all vanishing at that still point
where all roads lead.
Perhaps not.
I posit:
a rough grained paper stretched taut
a gliding pencil
meeting resistance.
Minuscule ridges and valleys that pull and break
then smooth soft graphite
into paths a stop start pause then push.
A pioneer through virgin lands.
Lines connect and curves enclose
and angled corners promise depths
distant hills that cover distant hills,
all vanishing at that still point
where all roads lead.
| Vanishing Point Janet Butler |
Photo by Whitney Cleveland
Janet Butler developed her passions for both watercolors and poetry while living in central Italy,
where she spent more than 20 years. She relocated to the Bay Area in 2005, and currently lives in
victorian Alameda with Fulmi, a beautiful Spaniel mix she rescued in Italy and brought back with
her to the states.
She currently teaches ESL in San Francisco, and Italian, privately, over a cappuccino in a coffee
house in Alameda. Some recent publications include The Chaffey Review, 13th Warrior,
Plainsongs, Locust, Miller's Pond and Cutthroat. "Shadowlines" was published as a full-length
collection by Gatto Publishing in 2007. She was recently awarded 1st and 2nd place, HM, in the
Berkeley Bay Area Poetry Coalition's annual Maggi H. Meyer Memorial Contest. Her chapbook
"Under Italian Skies" was published by Flutter Press in 2010. Additionally, her most recent
chapbook "To See You No More" will be released this summer by Punkin House Press.
She is a member of The Alameda Island Poets and the Frank Better Center for the Arts.
where she spent more than 20 years. She relocated to the Bay Area in 2005, and currently lives in
victorian Alameda with Fulmi, a beautiful Spaniel mix she rescued in Italy and brought back with
her to the states.
She currently teaches ESL in San Francisco, and Italian, privately, over a cappuccino in a coffee
house in Alameda. Some recent publications include The Chaffey Review, 13th Warrior,
Plainsongs, Locust, Miller's Pond and Cutthroat. "Shadowlines" was published as a full-length
collection by Gatto Publishing in 2007. She was recently awarded 1st and 2nd place, HM, in the
Berkeley Bay Area Poetry Coalition's annual Maggi H. Meyer Memorial Contest. Her chapbook
"Under Italian Skies" was published by Flutter Press in 2010. Additionally, her most recent
chapbook "To See You No More" will be released this summer by Punkin House Press.
She is a member of The Alameda Island Poets and the Frank Better Center for the Arts.
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