‘Said the Painter’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream

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Said the Painter

Upon the mossy stones I dwelt,
I did, and was, and painting felt
An arch and angel bend to speak,
Their sainted tones my brush to seek.

And why such was, I could not say,
But much they wrought, and taught that day:
O hush of strife, unsought by me,
O rush of life, unbought and free.

(Sadie Valeri, Director of Sadie Valeri Atelier, San Francisco, painting in Rome, Italy)

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Elizabeth

Space of bright, an even stream,
Water stone proportionate,
None engaged of argument,
Water clean and stone of gleam.

Spell of mellow, stream of true,
Gentle song unshallow flew.

(Photo by David Garland)

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Gentle Floods

Rippled muds, a small cascade,
Gentle floods of water played,
Summer stalling, Autumn strayed,
And unforgotten thunder bade

The winding stream to call to me,
When kindly falling toward the Sea.

(Photo by DoloresNice-Siegenthaler)

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Alec Ream is a writer living in Virginia. His poetic work and creative fiction have been widely published. A member of the Demosthenian Literary Society at UGA, he wrote on Lookout Mountain, and continued to write, lecture and work for Delta Kappa Epsilon HQ. He was first published reading to the pledge class of Michigan DKE, in Ann Arbor in 2008. Recently, his poem Green Fire was read at the Washington Literary Society & Debating Union at UVA.

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