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Santa Fe, NM Artist Piper Leigh’s work is interdisciplinary. She writes poetry and creates installations – Images are from an installation: Ancestors, Mothers & Muses courtesy of artist Piper Leigh.
Artwork Installation: Ancestors, Mothers & Muses – The Red Thread
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What the women say
She said, a surge rises from my belly
fierce promise no longer held inside
a surge rises from my belly
She said, the stone woman gives birth
wild hunger
a weasel in her arms
the stone woman gives birth
She said, this is the deepest thing
she weaves alone
dyed carnelian at her feet
this is the deepest thing
She said, our lives are brief shards
invisible hands
raven mixes clouds
our lives are brief shards
She said, I want to be a verb
names she has worn
rattle in the drawer
under her mother’s rhinestones
I want to be a verb
She said, the bear carried a dream
it came because of the bees
ancestors were heard
the bear carried a dream
She said, the women sing to each other
when one woman
goes missing
the great umbilical cord bleeds
the women sing to each other
She said, the snake reaches to meet the moon
awake on the bare ground
she breathes her vow
the snake reaches to meet the moon
She said, I can ride my horse all day …..
when this burden I lay down