Lacing Life and Death
oil on linen
81.5 x 13”
2015

Meadow Turf
by Janet Lewis


reading by Joan Haas


Goldenrod, strawberry leaf, small                                      
            bristling aster, all,

Loosestrife, knife-bladed grasses,

            lacing their roots, lacing

The life of the meadow into a deep embrace                   
Far underground, and all their shoots,

            wet at the base

With shining dew, dry-crested with sun,

Springing out of a mould years old;

Leaves, living and dead, whose stealing

Odors on the cold bright air shed healing-

Oh, heart, here is your healing, here among

The fragrant living and dead.