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Don M. Forst: Painting Offers 'No Limitation'
In retirement, Don M. Forst's paintings have been displayed in galleries in Denver, Lakewood, Breckenridge, and Aspen. (Courtesy of Don M. Forst)
Dorothy Tanner: 'Why Stop' After Lumonics?
Light artist Dorothy Tanner, 92, speaks with 5-year-old Kaya Naslund about one of the "creature-like" sculptures featured in her current exhibition, "Creatures From Left Field," at the Lakewood Cultural Center on June 4, 2015. (Corey H. Jones/CPR News)
- "Creatures from Left Field," a Tanner exhibit, at Lakewood Cultural Center
- Tanner's Lumonics Light and Sound Gallery
CPR's Stephanie Wolf produced the interview with Dorothy Tanner.
Lois Hayna, Poet Who Keeps Going
I am busy with decisions about who
should inherit which of my wordly goods
when an angel taps my shoulder
and says “Time to go.” Almost instantly
I feel lighter and a bit unsteady.
It’s clear that wings will need some
getting used to, they shift my balance
even as they fledge and they open
astonishingly fast. Just before take-off,
I tuck my laptop under the lengthening feathers
of my left wing. With all eternity on my hands,
those glittery streets and unchanging vistas
may well turn boring. I might even
finally settle in and finish that novel.
Then, hastily, I stow a handful of CDs
under the other wing. Harp-music’s okay
to a point, but it tends to be tinkly,
and played by hosts of eager but amateur
angels-in-training could well become
pretty hellish. I snatch up some Beethoven,
some Mahler, then I turn
to my somewhat impatient angel.
“Ready,” I say and we’re off.
We don’t look back.