October 2022
/The autumnal equinox has come and gone; and last week the heavens opened at long last - a harbinger, we hope, for this spanking new October. Water, the true elixir of life, alters us all - from the parched pond to fall’s un-greening leaves. May it continue to flow.
Pond Alchemy
by Linda Hoffman
sheets of angled rain
pierce the pond
water meets water
lily pads
host their guests
a frog and beads of water
attentive to water
a blue heron
waits —
the wise say,
‘the way of water
is to flow’
a black cormorant
grasps a snag
winging water droplets
tree swallows
pluck insects
splash of water
the wise teach,
‘water never
harms water’
weaving threads
of iridescent water
dragonflies hover.
Linda Hoffman’s artwork includes bronze sculpture, outdoor installations, watercolors, and digital prints. She is the fruit grower at Old Frog Pond Farm and the author of the memoir, The Artist and the Orchard, from Loom Press.