Archive for the ‘The Woodlands’ Category
A Framed Copy of an Article in the Community Section of the Houston Chronicle, October 2006
What began as the “Reading Series” at Montgomery College in 1993 evolved to become the “Writers In Performance” series
conducted by the Montgomery County Literary Arts Council (MCLAC). Over the years, many local poets, as well as national
poets, have read their poetry at Montgomery College. Since moving to Tucson 12 years ago, I haven’t had too many
opportunities to attend the series, which continues under the leadership of Cliff Hudder and Dave Parsons.
— kenne
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Wet Spider Web By Spillway — Image by kenne
“I’d come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.”
― Jean-Paul Satre
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Lake Woodlands Sunrise (1990) Image by kenne
Morning
Why do we bother with the rest of the day,
the swale of the afternoon,
the sudden dip into evening,
then night with his notorious perfumes,
many-pointed stars?
This is the best—
throwing off the light covers,
feet on the cold floor,
and buzzing around the house on expresso—
maybe a slash of water on the face.
— from Morning by Billy Collins
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Zen Fountain In The Yard of Our The Woodlands Home (May 2010) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Our yard had a lot of me
in the plants, lighting, and
the fountain where we
buried our cat, Kiko.
And there was the sweat
from the gulf coast heat,
digging through roots to
place the water reservoir.
The photo for this painting
was taken weeks before
we left our east Texas home,
for a Tucson desert home.
Our friends and family
called us crazy for leaving
the piney woods for a new
home sixteen hours away.
We return to Houston a
couple times each year,
having driven by our old
home only once, not
stopping, afraid of what
we might see of the old
Zen fountain and landscape
we created with love.
— kenne
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Lake Woodlands Sunset (October 1, 2009) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
When I lived in the forest
it was not always easy to see
the sunset for the trees.
After a short trail walk
I would spend some time
at the lake and nearby dam
before crossing the bridge
to set under a gazebo
watching motorless boats
moving silently across the lake.
— kenne
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Yard Lamp (April 11, 2009) Photo-Artistry by kenne
The earth drinks people and their loves
like wine, in order to forget.
But I drink wine to remember.
I collect memories the way some collect coins.
The memories fade like constellations at dawn.
Until the next glass of wine.
— Robert Phillips
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Facepainting (The Woodlands Art Festival, April 2008) — Image by kenne
All women are wounded
Who gather berries, dibble in mottled light,
Turn white roots from humus, crack nuts on stone
High upland with squinted eye
or rest in cedar shade.
— from Praise for Sick Women by Gary Snyder
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Corner Shadows — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Chase, December 12, 2005 — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Chase (October 11, 2005) — Image by kenne
Chase and Grandma Joy (May 28, 2005) — Image by kenne
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree.
You may think of it as the ticket to the good life.
Let me ask you to think of an alternative.
Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
— Tom Brokaw
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Patio Art (December 2005) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Pinwheel and windmill
Standing tall with the jade plant
In patio pot.
— kenne
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The Blanton Project Cover (Oil Field Girls, 1940, by JerryBywaters) — Image by kenne
In 2009, Borderlands — Texas Poetry Review published a Special Ekphrastic Poetry Issue.
Founded in 1992, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review was created to respond to the Gulf War and is a literary journal based in Austin, Texas. They publish poetry, visual art, book reviews, and essays. The journal continues to garner a national readership, distributed across the U.S., with contributors worldwide.
The 2009 special issue contains 89 ekphrastic poems written about works of art in the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin, one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. In March of 2009, the Writers in Performance Series at Lone Star College — Montgomery presented The Blanton Project, where some of the poets read their ekphrastic poems. One such poem was Oil Field Girls on the Jerry Bywaters painting, Oil Field Girls.
Oil Field Girls
Blue skies and the open road
until an hour and a half beyond San Angelo
and the highway yields to brazen curves.
It’s not their thumbs
that make you slow the red Road roadster,
nor even the vestal boots
that look to plant a few fresh kicks.
As stately as an oil rig
set beneath miasmic clouds,
they beckon restless wanderers
who never staked a wildcat claim.
These desperate locals travel lightly
yet do not need a map
to know which way is out.
Because it does not do to gawk,
you press your bootles foot against the gas
and hope next curve to find a Coke.
— Steven G. Kellman
After the readings were completed, the poets were invited to a reception at my home.
Click here to see photos from the reading and the reception.
— kenne
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Dave’s Crawfish Boil (April 12, 2009) — HDR Image by kenne
Dave’s crawfish boil
Southeast Texas partytime
Spicy and tasty.
— kenne
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“The Dean” (November 8, 2001) — HDR Image Taken With My Camera
Lone Star College — Montgomery
There’s a long list of things I have done, and looking back, I don’t know how —
regardless, it’s always about perseverance.
— kenne
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James (May 9, 2010) — Image by kenne
Look mommy, no hands!
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Lake Woodlands Sunrise (May 25,2010) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Meditation means keeping one mind.
You must understand – what is life?
What is death? If you keep one mind,
there is no life, no death.
Then if you die tomorrow, no problem;
if you die in five minutes, no problem.
— Seung Sahn
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Becoming is Superior to Being 