Monthly Archives: April 2017

Melissa Hager’s “Mrs. Moon and the Land of Opals” after Elizabeth King

Woman Made’s exhibit has now left Hickory Museum of Art, but many of the images live on here at our website. Art of Poetry’s Melissa Hager is photographed reading a poem inspired by artist, Elizabeth King. Photo courtesy of Roger and … Continue reading

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Betty O’Hearn’s “Happy Flags” after Lauerman

Art of Poetry’s Betty O’Hearn rejoices for the arrival of spring in this poem inspired by the Josephine Moretz Shipley Lauerman painting, an artwork in the Woman Made exhibit at Hickory Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of Roger and Ginny Sanford. … Continue reading

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Beth King’s “Purpling Assertion” after Denise Lisiecki

Beth King shares her poem with the audience at the March 18, 2017 Art of Poetry event at Hickory Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of Roger and Ginny Sanford. Beth King PURPLING ASSERTION After “Aspects of Creativity” by Denise Lisiecki … Continue reading

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Robert Manchester’s “Strangers II” after Maud Gatewood

A first for Art of Poetry, poet friends write individual poems about the same artwork as a call and response.  Read how Robert Manchester replies to the drenched pedestrian of Patricia Deaton’s poem from last week’s post. Robert Manchester STRANGERS … Continue reading

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