Moon Shadows
Peg Quinn was raised in rural Nebraska and has lived her so-called adult life in Santa Barbara, California. Viva la difference!
She is a poet, mural painter, award-winning quilter, mixed-media artist, and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize (2010 & '12). Peg works as Art Specialist at a private elementary school. She is smitten by the creative process and views the arts as society's salvation. Her son is an actor and her daughter composes music. One lucky ride.
Recently, Peg was interviewed by host/producer David Starkey on the Santa Barbara cable program, Creative Community. Here is the video Link. We loved her closing advice to all artists, "Go deep and don't be afraid to be happy."
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In 2017 Peg Quinn's artwork adorned the cover of Jan Keough's novella, "Jasmine Tea, a wandering."
► Peg's Origami microchaps & selected poems are available below.
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Cover image: 'Brick Wall by Moonlight'
from quilt by Peg Quinn
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Every micro-chapbook
may be downloaded for free
from this website.
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Blood Moon I don’t know where the moon will rise tonight,
or exactly when, but the Bridge to Nowhere is lined with cars as I approach the edge of a mountain, and people sitting in lawn chairs or adjusting flashy cameras on tripods as a peach sunset trumpets a crescendo and the sky curls over in a gray blanket enabling stars to dance across night’s stage while lights lining the ridge of the mesa sparkle an ancient celebration and we stand, a united tribe of strangers
breathing night air, and awe and I don’t know how to find my balance suspended, between science and magic. •
Peg Quinn © 2016
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 "Crow" by Peg Quinn
Visit: Peg Quinn Murals on FB
Background photo by Chris Sims
Acknowledgments
“The Crow’s Calling”
A Bird Black As The Sun, California Poets on Crows and Ravens,
Green Poet Press, 2011
“A Lot” The Independent News, ca. 2000 •
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To the creator of random beauty: thank you for dropping by The black crow assessing the world from a blustering mess of red leaves against a storm soaked sky was a reassuring sign •
Peg Quinn © 2014
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 Cover "Studio After" by Peg Quinn
Visit: Peg Quinn Murals on FB Acknowledgments
“Mangos” - Reader’s Broadside #3 Poor Souls Press, 2009 •
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Days Beyond Measure Wind bounces branches
as I climb to the highest reach of an apple tree and rest there scanning flat farmland from my secluded perch. I squint at the sun, bite fruit, imagining a short walk down a dirt path leads to a secret tear in the fence almost overgrown with twisting vine I squeeze inside to enter the dark solitude of woods wander along the edge of a stream shafts of light angling through trees and glistening on the scales of a carp. I slowly float my hand in the cool waters, fins splash vanishing. I close my eyes and bury myself in a pile of leaves inhaling the rich, damp scent of earth, an aperitif for standing silent near a swarm of bees. Cicadas wait as I pass. I lie on my stomach, tracking ants on their march to invade a newly fallen, broken bird. At the edge of the trees someone has made a swing from ropes and wood. I square my brown shoes on the seat and pump until Iʼm high enough to see long rows of corn converging, perfectly with the horizon. Air is cooling as the sun lowers. I hear the whistle of my father, calling. Untangling slowly from my nest shadows of my future stretch before me. •
Peg Quinn © 2013
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 Cover "Taped Key" by Peg Quinn
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Acknowledgments
“Ferris Wheel” - ASKEW, #11 “Ode to a Pear” - Edible Ojai, Winter, '11"When the Buddha Farmed Nebraska" -
Rattle, Winter ‘11
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Expecting Noah Welcome to this curious world.
May you find a thrill a minute, or at least enough to shore your courage up when requisite heartbreak pulls you under. I guarantee you’ll be loved, whether you arrive a future Rhodes Scholar or, with slightly altered DNA. No matter how lengthy your stay, it will be too short. May your wounds heal quickly, your laughter thunder, and may each path you choose lead to empathy for others. Your great-great- grandfather had these words of advice: There are two choices in life. You can be happy, or you can be sad. I think he's right. •
Peg Quinn © 2012
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