This Green

But, the journal says,/ not a word said. The journal says,/ Discovery continues./ The journal says/ more can happen and does./ Pollock tips buckets of paint./ He hums his way through morning./ Charcoal never crosses his canvas,/ the canvas covering/ the floor of a barn./ The painter must draw/ on what’s out of sight/ in the little sketchbooks,/ in the little lost places./ from Crossing No Bridge And Seeing No Coat Of Paint Barry Grimes is a poet who explores what he calls, "the meandering line." His writing practice is daily, and his discipline with notebooks extends over three decades. He is one of the original sHADOWmARKS, and the creator of this particular spelling of the word. He is a Washington State Teacher of the Year and graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop.