Drawing: The All-Seeing Eye Sheds a Tear
by Ray Zimmerman.
Medium: Watercolor Pencils and Color Pencils
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Wall
1. Robert Frost and his neighbor repaired their stone wall boundary.
The neighbor declared the results good.
Frost contemplated a new poem.
2. Migrating Red-winged Blackbirds impaled themselves on slats erected on the U.S.–Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security
declared the nation safe -- from blackbirds.
3. Manchu invaders encountered the Great Wall of China. They proceeded with their war of conquest.
4. Thanks to the popular band, Pink Floyd,
we are all just bricks in the wall.
5. President Ronald Reagan stood on Berlin Soil
and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
6. President Thomas Jefferson assured the
Baptist Committee of Danbury, Connecticut
that they would be free to worship as they saw fit
and not subject to regulation by the Calvinist majority.
He proclaimed a wall of separation between church and state.
7. President Donald Trump is building
a wall along the Mexican border, but
Construction began a few administrations ago.
8. Three Little Pigs built walls of straw, sticks, and brick.
The Big Bad Wolf held a barbecue.
The third pig declined the invitation.
9. The Speaker of the House once refused to let the President
address the nation from the House Chambers.
She built a wall to enforce the separation of powers.
10. Jesus extols the value of building walls on rock foundations;
advises against building on sand.
11. The descendants of Isaac gather at the Western Wall;
offer prayers and lamentations.
They hope for the rebuilding of the Temple.
12. The followers of Mohammed gather within the walls
of the Dome of the Rock.
They pray for the preservation of the mosque.
13. A hacker interface may penetrate firewalls at will,
and take down Fortune 500 websites.
Previously published in the now-defunct literary magazine Number One, which was published at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee.
by Ray Zimmerman.
Medium: Watercolor Pencils and Color Pencils
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Wall
1. Robert Frost and his neighbor repaired their stone wall boundary.
The neighbor declared the results good.
Frost contemplated a new poem.
2. Migrating Red-winged Blackbirds impaled themselves on slats erected on the U.S.–Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security
declared the nation safe -- from blackbirds.
3. Manchu invaders encountered the Great Wall of China. They proceeded with their war of conquest.
4. Thanks to the popular band, Pink Floyd,
we are all just bricks in the wall.
5. President Ronald Reagan stood on Berlin Soil
and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
6. President Thomas Jefferson assured the
Baptist Committee of Danbury, Connecticut
that they would be free to worship as they saw fit
and not subject to regulation by the Calvinist majority.
He proclaimed a wall of separation between church and state.
7. President Donald Trump is building
a wall along the Mexican border, but
Construction began a few administrations ago.
8. Three Little Pigs built walls of straw, sticks, and brick.
The Big Bad Wolf held a barbecue.
The third pig declined the invitation.
9. The Speaker of the House once refused to let the President
address the nation from the House Chambers.
She built a wall to enforce the separation of powers.
10. Jesus extols the value of building walls on rock foundations;
advises against building on sand.
11. The descendants of Isaac gather at the Western Wall;
offer prayers and lamentations.
They hope for the rebuilding of the Temple.
12. The followers of Mohammed gather within the walls
of the Dome of the Rock.
They pray for the preservation of the mosque.
13. A hacker interface may penetrate firewalls at will,
and take down Fortune 500 websites.
Previously published in the now-defunct literary magazine Number One, which was published at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee.
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