Rest
by Cynthia Cox
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Cynthia Cox (website) taught high school English before returning to graduate school to pursue a Master’s degree in Counseling at the University of Houston. She has been writing poems for 16 years, with publications including The Houston Poetry Festival Anthology 1996, Tres-Di-Verse-City 1999, and, more recently, Cider Press Review, Albatross, and Epicenter Magazine. Her poem “Dog Years” was recently selected as the winner of the 2011 Austin International Poetry Festival.
Categories: Worship
Oh, but I love the texture of this piece. The strange still life, moving.
I love the sepia tone that makes silence sit heavy in certain places. Beautiful!
Thanks, Deb and Uma! This was taken at the Villa de Matel convent in Houston.