Two Poems on Lancaster City Buses
Thanks to Word Hive and the City of Lancaster for displaying two of my poems on local buses in 2024. Art in public places helps us slow down and feel, which is critical to cultivating our humanity in a turbulent world. I hope readers of all the poems in this program felt a measure of connection and hope as they took in the words of local poets. Read this article about the program in Lancaster Online.
We Could Have Stood for Days
where waves kissed sand, your
small hand in mine, the curled water
crashing, the sun brash, gulls lithe
as brush strokes in the air, our bodies
loose and light, our bodies magic, beckoned
by the line between ocean and sky.
–Heather L. Davis
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May This Day Be
the Susquehanna, gliding soft over mossy rocks
to burble jazzy tunes. May it play
with sun and shadow, sparkling everywhere,
then twist and turn, greening the landscape,
making new life, its current unstoppable, hitting
all the right notes.
–Heather L. Davis
Spare No Detail: Three Poems about Gaza
Thanks so much to Vox Populi for publishing three poems I wrote about the ongoing genocide in Gaza. No words can save the thousands of innocent people who have been murdered in Gaza or stop a regime bent on total destruction and slaughter, but speaking up matters. We must all speak and act to stop atrocities our government insists on supporting.
Mother Countries Lancaster Launch
I was honored to host a poetry reading at The Candy Factory on April 12, 2024 in Lancaster, PA. Many thanks to Andy Fogle, Brian Gilmore, Le Hinton, and Jose Padua plus our 11 open mic readers. As always, the wonderful Candy Factory supported the arts community by allowing us to use their beautiful space. Check out Andy’s new book of poems, Mother Countries, here. Brian’s book Come See about Me, Marvin can be purchased here. Le Hinton’s work can be found here. See Jose Padua’s A Short History of Monsters here.
Heather Lynne Davis 