In January I taught a workshop about combining poetry and art with Marla Kristicevich at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. This week Marla posted on Facebook her installation for an art show for PACE artists. She explained that she gathered material around the Bayou Teche. Her inspiration for the piece combined the nostalgia for place as well as meditation on nature in art. The image does not show the scale of the work. Imagine the height of the walls are the size of a person. Today I’m sharing an ekphrastic poem, a poem inspired by art. You can see the exhibit at the ACA through June 8th.
Nest by Marla Kristicevich
An Invitation
Come into my nest.
Enter on a woven path.
Stop for a sip of living water.Leave nothing
behind.
Just pause,
reflect,
release,Then move on
so someone else
can move in.–Margaret Simon (draft) 2019
Reflections on the Teche 