A poetic tribute to Rose Swift administrator of Take Art Live, who left Take Art today (Thursday 26 May) to go on maternity leave. We want to thank her for all her incredible work supporting the rural touring scheme and wish her all the best, as she embarks on her third voyage into motherhood.
Date: 26 May 2011
Categories: live
To Rose Swift (as she buggers off to have another baby)
Rose Swift
There are some people you just like
People whose convictions
Are stronger than their doubt
People who despite considerable challenge…will out.
People who sell truth
From the shop front of their face
And carry fire in a jar round their neck
Twisting the lid at unexpected moments
To show sparks escaping.
And you can only marvel
At the straightness of the road
From their mind to their lips
How they drive resiliently, brilliantly
Over the potholes and dips
To carve out a path
Over loose shoulder chips
To the unfathomable beauty of the horizon
These people,
Teach me about hope and humility
And the quirks of fertility
Carrying their children
Tightly and with amusement
As if they were colourful hydrogen balloons
Guarding them fiercely from pins
But allowing their feet to be lifted
As they rise like bubbles into the sky
People who have spent a long time deciding,
That despite some obvious annoyances
A few serious political infractions
And some very bad decisions
Made by very some stupid people
And occasionally themselves…
That life really does have potential,
Is not inconsequential
And most importantly
Beyond any doubt
Life is worth making
And giving
And sharing about…
By Liv Torc (c)