Riesner & Wiezorek – February 2024

Jan Wiezorek and Thomas Riesner traded art and words. Thomas shared this image, titled “To Hurt,” with Jan:

In response, Jan wrote this poem:

Upright

Along the creek
they’ve cut branches

so we twist torsos
& look down

over water—
but here in the yard

a foliate gaze forces us
sinking—

eyes of our spirit blink
pink & wet

& we simply say
we can’t—

to hurt—
tho some branches

graft their spines
to our bones—

they ravel
our wrongs

& right
us up

* * * * *

Jan shared this poem with Thomas:

Pairing

Outside, I see shadow
& its variable shade.
Cloud of stone rests
upon me not as burden  
but as saga of one 
who passes to another 
not a weight but fluorescence 
so clear, so marvelous children 
are lulled in laneways by fragrances, 
the meeting points of leaves, 
replicating mementos, negative 
spaces joining positive forces, 
& the lone hand stroking its pairing.

In response, Thomas made this image, titled “Battle”: