“Word Seeds” by Meia Geddes

After Taj Madison

The moments land like water
and every morning page
wants to fly away.

If you plant a word on a page,
does it begin to draw
a bit of light?

I’d sow word seeds
in the hopes of some sun.
They’d line up in a field,

turning day-by-day, winking stars,
whispering something of life
a little ways away.

Artist Statement

My work is often utopic, envisioning the beautiful possibilities of what could be. I hope that any utopic visions and projects of love I share with the world have an impact on other readers, writers, and artists in terms of the possibilities they can see in theory on the page and in reality, creating never-ending circles of literary and artistic utopia at the very least.

Meia Geddes lives in Boston as a librarian, writer, and artist. She is the author of The Little Queen and Love Letters to the World. She holds a BA from Brown University and MS from Simmons University, and is an MFA candidate at University of Massachusetts – Boston. A Fulbright scholar, she has also received funding from the American Library Association and Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. She is a member of the New England Book Artists and founder of the small press and literary journal, Poetose.