prairie long poems

back to the river ...second in the Prairie Long Poems. The river in this piece is the River Boyne in Ireland, not far from the site of the famous battle, and also not far from Newgrange, one of the most spectacular of the many Neolithic burial mounds scattered throughout this part of Europe. The central panel is based on a photo of Tracy Jager looking out my studio window (and smoking) on her first visit, as The Archaeology of Water project was getting under way.