“Hand rendered typography can add personality, character, and familiarity to packaging. While this treatment is quickly becoming cluttered with cheesy typefaces and irrelevant applications, there are some extraordinary examples being produced.” Check out the site: The Dieline Packaging Website
This poem was read during our first residence at Vermont College Of Fine Arts by Silas Munro. After hearing it, I wanted to make sure that I added this piece to my blog. Hope you enjoy. Thank you Silas.
I
October-
its plangency, its glow
as of words in
the poet’s mind,
as of God in
the saint’s.
II
I wept for your mother
in her pain, wept in
my joy when you were
born,
Maia,
that October morning.
We named you
for a star a star-like
poem sang.
I write this
for your birthday
and say I love you
and say October
like the phoenix sings you.
III
This chiming
and tolling
of lion
and phoenix
and chimera
colors.
This huntsman’s
horn, sounding
mort for
quarry fleeing
through mirrors
of burning
into deathless
dying.
IV
Rockweight
of surprising snow
crushed
the October trees
broke
branches that
crashing set
the snow on fire.
