Artist Jessica Baker lives and works in Brooklyn.  We met when both of us were artists-in-residence at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Skagway, Alaska in April-May 2003.  We have enjoyed an exchange of art and ideas ever since. Floating 1 Jessica Baker Mixed Media on Wood Floating 2 Jessica Baker

Floating by JoAnne Growney My best dream is floating           with legs and arms spread, paper doll spiraling the wind. I relax with some people— ones that don’t like me: my words can’t harm; I won’t disappoint. My best dream is floating cool-sleek in water, circled by whales— taking their drift, dropping gently down. Age resets my evening, eight o'clock disappears. Words escape at the speed of light. My best dream is floating at silent breakfast tables with men I don’t know whom I love then and the rest of my life. Contraptions spin my head, numerals count my numb days. My tongue wraps           around comfortable words. My best dream is floating from number to number, but between two are more. Infinity in a moment. Back to JoAnne's Art-Poetry Synergy Page Back to JoAnne's Home Page