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posted August 2010 from the manuscript-in-progress Painting Czeslawa Kwoka Honoring Children of the Holocaust poems by Theresa Senato Edwards paintings by Lori Schreiner   click arrows for other excerpts     Because of paint I am clay                      molded bruise beneath my hair like a fig tossed around a mouth my face                      a stagnant pond yellow-green with algae a blue hole                      tiny like a star I slip into.               Photo of Ursula S., Holocaust victim, used with permission from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress. The views or opinions expressed in this collaboration and the context in which the images are used, do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of, nor imply approval or endorsement by, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum       Thanks to elimae for first publishing of Because of paint. Theresa Senato Edwards' poetry has been published in Blue Earth Review's spring 2010 print issue, online at Pirene’s Fountain, and forthcoming at Touch: The Journal of Healing. Other poems appear in Boxcar Poetry Review's second print anthology (2010); CircleShow (Vol. 1, 2008) print anthology; and online at Stirring, Press 1, decomP, Clean Sheets, Chronogram, and elsewhere. She is founder/editor/publisher of Holly Rose Review. Lori Schreiner is a therapist, writer, and painter. In addition to her creative pursuits, she supervises a community mental health clinic in Vermont. Her paintings have shown in New York City and The Windham Art Gallery in Brattleboro, Vermont.

 

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