To Gather To Retreat, the poem

To Gather, To Retreat

pulse echoes in the shadows between

the shouts of the lighted world

things come, things go

quiet, you can almost hear them

there where they fall inward

the space between breathes

in, out, then out and out and out

Bob Haxton

To Gather, To Retreat, 2023

48 X 65

Mixed media on canvas

On view May 6-July 9

The Delaplaine Art Center

Frederick, Maryland