The seasons are starting to change, which is always an inspiring and motivating time. I’ve been hard at work on multiple projects—editing my new book of poems, Life in the Body, organizing my archives, and, of course, creating new works of art.
Life in the Body will be published by the Los Angeles Press in June 2023. About Life in the Body, Doug Johnson Ph.D., editor of Cave Moon Press, says:
“Brenner offers echoes we can hear and watch in a pond; echoes in an intimate, generational diaspora. Reading her lines draws you into a raw, well-lived life, honoring both her joy and her struggles. She waves us into a quiet room, letting us light candles to our own struggles. She waves us in to offer hope. From grandma’s laughter to rock and roll lived in real time. From robin’s flirting behind her house to scarred teen-aged hearts. This work offers powerful lines, beauty, and wisdom.”
Here is a new poem, an ode to change, and three new paintings.
CHANGE
There is no such thing as real
time real
space.
There is one
imagined moment
between birth and death:
a breath of air displaced
by the seeming presence of our bodies.
But these walls, this street we walk,
this fortress built so many years ago—
The mortised blocks
of history crumble
in the passage
of forgetting.
City Night Walk, Acrylic on Canvas, 24 x 24”
Graffiti Wall, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 36"
Man of Letters, Mixed Media on Paper, 38 x 26"