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Snow tracks and silhouette: Laura Rodley

01/27/2016 By Ellen Beals 2 Comments

I didn’t know exactly what to post here when Laura Rodley sent me these photographs. Like Laura, I notice things in the snow and ice.  So I share two of my photos too.

Horseshoe crab in ice © Laura Rodley, 2016
Horseshoe crab in ice © Laura Rodley, 2016
Ice lace  © Laura Rodley, 2016
Ice lace © Laura Rodley, 2016
Rock singer © Laura Rodley, 2016     Do you see the singer's profile at the edge of the ice on the right?
Rock singer © Laura Rodley, 2016
Do you see the singer’s silhouette at the edge of the ice?
Circular traction © Ellen Wade Beals, 2016
Circular traction © Ellen Wade Beals, 2016
Inverted cornice © Ellen Wade Beals, 2016
Inverted cornice © Ellen Wade Beals, 2016

Laura Rodley is a writer whose poetry and photos have appeared here many times. Her poem “Resurrection” was awarded a Pushcart Prize and appears in  Pushcart Edition XXXVII; it originally appeared on The NewVerseNews. The NewVerseNews describes itself as presenting “politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.” Just the other day, Laura had another poem appear there–“The Day the Polka Cried.”

Laura is also a features writer and photographer for Country Folks, Country Grower, Mane Stream, and other publications.

Some of her recent features include “The New Farmers” and “Stoneman Brewery.”

Her creative writing has appeared in Boston Literary Magazine, Best Indie Lit New England, Massachusetts Review, and Hunger Mountain, among others.

She is editor and publisher of As You Write It, A Franklin County Anthology, a compilation of memoirs from seniors age 70 through 95.

Former co-curator of the Collected Poets Series, she also teaches creative writing.

Laura has two chapbooks from Finishing Line Press: Rappelling Blue Light and Your Left Front Wheel Is Coming Loose.

Thanks Laura Rodley for letting me share your photographs.

 

Would you like your work to be featured here? Hit me up at weighedwords at gmail.com

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, Laura Rodley, nature in winter, Photography, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The NewVerseNews, Weighed Words, winter landscapes

Comments

  1. Peter says

    01/28/2016 at 8:25 pm

    Photoshopped

  2. Ellen Beals says

    02/05/2016 at 12:05 am

    Hahahaha.

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