Words I Painted: A Collection of Poetry and Art

By Jaime E. Demick

Words I Painted is a collection of poetry accompanied by original works of art by author J.E. Demick. Recognizing that we are surrounded by beauty and savagery both in the natural world and in the world of human nature, Words I Painted probes the essence of nature and the emotions of human beings. Part One: On Nature, chronicles the authors unique observations of the natural world, from coyotes to lightning, from storms to offspring, from atoms to outer space. Here the reader will be immersed in the beauty and wonder of our natural surroundings, so often over looked. In Part Two: On Human Nature, the author turns her attention to the vast array of human emotions from temptation to resentment to love, and also examines human constructs such as racism and war. The artwork represents the authors impressions or visions of the poetry, and offers the reader one of many possible interpretations of the written word. Words I Painted will kindle the fire in the mind which craves to regain a fascination with our surroundings, and with each other, again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 22, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477175064

Jaime E. Demick

. Demick is known as a scientist, engineer, teacher, researcher, parent, spouse, friend, traveler, writer, and artist. The varied experiences of a life of changes have produced a Renaissance woman who now releases her thoughts in written and art form to live a life of their own. She enjoys spending time with her family, and believes in the importance of developing the full potential of the human mind.

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Contents

Part One:

On Nature

Goodnight, Orion

Brain

Horse

Horse, Gone

Confluence

Twisted

Son

Wolf

Atom

Orphan

Sparrow

Night Choir

Dog

Storm

After Storm

Wind

Rock

Skink

Part Two:

On Human Nature

Signals

Anomaly

Adopted

A Writer’s Rage

Paint

Directions

Strength

Sleep

Husband and Wife

Temptation

Patient

Prelude

Questions

Refugee

Echo

Equality

Old House

Survivor

Waging Peace

Forgiveness

Resentment

Open

Child

Chronic

Cocoon

The Box

Love

Deception

Wake-up Call

Part One:

On Nature

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Goodnight, Orion

Opening the side door to the house

I step outside into the evening to let the dogs out and feed the rabbit.

It is my favorite time of grey.

The sun, setting, stretches its last feeble rays of light

over the horizon.

Too weak for scattering a blue sky,

but too strong for stars to be visible:

A prelude to darkness, a few moments of pause

between the clatter of day and night creatures.

I go about my chores of cleaning water bowls and doling out meals;

a few moments alone in the stillness that I treasure.

As I make my way slowly back to the door, it is now gone.

The grey has forfeited to black.

The stars light seeps through the empty reaches of deep space,

muddles through our atmosphere,

finally to my upward gazing eyes and into my soul.

I breathe it in. I feel them out there.

Orion takes his position above my neighbor’s house,

as he does every night.

My hand on the doorknob

I take one more instant to revel:

Goodnight, Orion.

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Brain

Cells, blood, bones, and skin:

outwardly a vacuum, but

inside, galaxies.

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Horse

Every day for years I’ve driven by this pasture

and seen you standing there,

waiting