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The Horizon, by Joan Leotta

8/19/2017

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The Horizon, by Rene Magritte (Belgium), 1938.
The Horizon

So long have we walked along

sands of time,
we have become a marker
for others on the way.
"Avoid the knothole, follow us.
We are immersed in each other,
happily."

Joan Leotta

This was written as part of the surprise ekphrastic challenge on Rene Magritte.

Joan Leotta has been playing with words on page and stage since childhood in Pittsburgh. She is a writer and story performer. Her Legacy of Honor series feature strong Italian-American women. Her poetry and essays appear or are forthcoming in Gnarled Oak, the A-3 Review, Hobart Literary Review, Silver Birch, Peacock, and Postcard Poems and Prose among others. Her first poetry chapbook, Languid Lusciousness with Lemon, was just released by Finishing Line Press. Joan's picture books from Theaqllc, Whoosh!, Summer in a Bowl, Rosa and the Red Apron, and Rosa's Shell celebrate food and family. Her  award-winning short stories are collected in Simply a Smile. You can find more about her work on her blog at www.joanleotta.wordpress.com
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