bruises and band aids

pouring out along

the edge

squandered supplies

piled used and high

gaping pits

spent expectations

lost looming loops

of pride booming

need, aside


one generation's

dream passed

to the next

dented bent unrelenting

doom brittle cellophane

crisply cold outside

molded within

contents spoiled

one way of living

shot full of holes

an empty sieve

while the work

flows thru turns

bleeding weeping

slow burns.

 

Step This Way

 

Step This Way

Step This Way - sketch by douglas brent smith



Art Panello

 

Art Panello

Art Panello -- sketch by douglas brent smith

From the Soul

 A poem is a letter from the soul.

-- Harry X. Tudas, 1983

Boatyard Bob

 

Boatyard Bob

Boatyard Bob - collage by douglas brent smith, 9 march 1983, from Journal #18 Captain Orange and the Quest for Grins.



Plans for the Day

 

Plans for the Day

Plans for the Day -- collage by douglas brent smith


Notes:

This is one of those collages that is more drawing than collage, and I could probably keep working on it forever, but I eventually stopped -- at least to take this image of it. It could change.