I was recently honored to illustrate and design a broadside of Portland poet Suzy Harris’s work.
This broadside was printed on 6x9” fine papers in a limited edition run.
The poem reads:
“Listening in the Dark”
Camping by Suttle Lake, walking in the dusk,
slathered in something to fend off biting mosquitos,
we see a giant metal tub on top of a fire grate.
The tub of an old washing machine, he tells us.
Chimneys the smoke right up and the light shines through.
Later, we walk by in the dark to admire the now lit up
cylinder, light spilling like thousands of fireflies
onto the faces of children circled around.
Back at our own fire pit, we add logs to the fire,
tell stories in the darkness. This time,
I set the lantern where I can see people’s faces,
and my friends, my dear friends, they lean into the light.
-Suzy Harris