My Exemplary Mother

  Honey-tongued, she could wow us with Shakespeare, or make us howl at I-love-Lucy impersonations. Sharp-tongued, she could slice a...

photography by Susa Silvermarie

Light and Darkness

Darkness Mother of Skoteino Cave, down into your velvet cavern we descend. And descend. Here we are, ready to be...

photography by Susa Silvermarie

At the Altar Rock

Aloud we remember our dead. As we speak their names at the altar, we pour out our libations. The altar...

photography by Susa Silvermarie

We Are Here We Are Whole

I. We are here, dear Gone-Befores, we your descendants at last are here and whole. In your hidden valleys protected...