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We are so pleased to announce that the LIMarts Artist of the Month for July is Esther Marie Caponigro. Esther Marie has been a member of the Long Island Museum and LIMarts since 2014. She recently collaborated with several different poets who have written poems alongside her paintings, shared here.
We are thrilled to feature select pieces of Esther Marie’s artwork in the LIM’s Gift Shop Corner.
The Long Island Museum is open Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.
The poetry below is displayed side by side with her art.
Thank you to all the outstanding participating poets.
Light within the darkness series by Rosa Todaro ( IG - @rtods )
I whisper to myself
feet stepping cloud-like
the brush a still glow
There are moments the world becomes clear
and real and all problems are solved with periwinkle mist
My eyes turn outward
find meaning in every clearing
and every copse of trees
The Light Within by Kenny Gordon ( IG - @ispeakforthebarbaloots )
I’m walking out
Of the circle
I’ve been walking in
Wiping off the filth and lies
Letting go of
The things
People don’t believe
But should
The things People do believe
But shouldn’t
I’m walking out
Of this circle
I’ve been walking in Hoping I can find
The light within
Noose of Pearls by Steven T. Licardi ( IG, Twitter, FB - @thesvenbo )
beyond pale
torn veil
reveals path
through dream-drunk haze
fog & lace
curtains of skin & rain
pulled over my eyes
hiding horrors
slivers of shattered time
splintering memories — narrative strung of lies
mind pines to see
ghostly multiplicity
sea of former selves
poised & waiting
to welcome me
Light within Series Blue to yellow By Alison Lennon ( IG - @apathemia )
The canopy of shade
Lulls me to sleep
My mind the enemy
I pray my soul to keep
Floodgate built wrong
Must
Move
Forward
Desire for truth is strong
Erasure of brambles and boundaries
It’s freeing to run
Screaming spirals at the fire
Chaos burning in the sun