K.I. Press's Blog, page 31

I have a lot of these "flower porn" photos on...

I have a lot of these "flower porn" photos on Flickr—I'll periodically share a few of them here.

This is my favourite photo from my book Types of Canadian Women.

This is my favourite photo from my book Types of Canadian Women.

from Book of Days (work in progress)

Perpetua and Felicity: Young Christian Mothers.

They would bear the lions

for the sake of their faith, leave their babes to heathen

rather than renounce their god.

As an old heathen mother I can see their point still

the theory that example setting is more powerful than actual existence

the theory that precedes children raised by servants, like Felicity,

had her head not also come off;

because the dead bear a powerful influence,

the dead can raise their children

staring down from the wall, so sad and accusatory

as accusatorily as any living child.

This is the kind of stuff I draw. Did I mention that I...

This is the kind of stuff I draw. Did I mention that I don't know how to draw.

from Athena (work in progress)

You tried to leap in the fourth month,

a wax doll, from my forehead,

in a disconcerting rush of blood.

This is the first scar.