Nancy Bruner Wilson & Howard Wilson
(USA)
Indecision – Howard Wilson
communication
do you hear me
words simple easy to comprehend
i don’t whine quiver shake
talk about myself
what i’ve done accomplished
how great i am
i don’t want unearned respect
honors given sweet words said
i want us you me to talk to one another
learn understand grow
give to each whatever gifts we have
do you hear me
know what i have said
we need to talk to one another
communicate become true friends
do you hear me talking
know what i have said
(Nancy Bruner Wilson)
Beginning – Howard Wilson
bon voyage
she went to the window looked for
a brief moment at the falling accumulating
snow inhaled deeply
when she turned back his breath was gone
his chest no longer gently
rising falling
she knew without calling the nurse
his faithful 95 year old heart
had at last finally given up stopped beating
she cradled his body in her arms
rocked it back and forth
not rushing his soul allowing it
to leave when it was ready at leisure
when warmth left his body
darkness deepened
silence grew colder
and it was time
she rose from the bed and
not looking back
softly closed the door
(Nancy Bruner Wilson)
Out West – Howard Wilson
Tourmoil – Howard Wilson
in honor
in honor of those who were told they couldn’t do it
and did it anyway.
in honor of those who pulled themselves up by
bootstraps and aren’t bitter. in honor of those
who became bitter but strive every day to overcome it.
in honor of those who don’t stop trying.
in honor of those who understand the difference
between can’t and won’t.
in honor of those who learned the hard way there’s no
easy way.
in honor of those who value the worth of every person
and believe people can change.
in honor of those who don’t judge even when they’ve
walked in another’s shoes.
in honor of those who have a forgiving heart and
mind. in honor of those who aren’t able to
forgive but keep trying.
in honor of those who have found their way. in
honor of those who refuse to stop searching.
in honor of those who believe that each of us
makes a daily difference in the world.
in honor of the human spirit in its multitudinous facets.
in honor of our never ceasing to become.
(Nancy Bruner Wilson)
Fireworks – Howard Wilson
Dancing in the Daylight – Howard Wilson
INFO:
« Indecision » and « beginning » are minimalist constructions composed of the precise positioning of thin strips of paper and drops of paint.
« Out West » is a palette knife ink wash. « Turmoil » and « Fireworks » are ink stains and « Dancing in the Daylight » is a block print.
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BIO
About the Wilsons
Nancy has degrees from Berea College in Kentucky and from the Tulane University Graduate School of Social Work in New Orleans. She worked as a caseworker in military hospitals for the American Red Cross which included a one year assignment with the 85th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam during the height of the war. She also worked for the city of New York in the South Bronx and held numerous positions with the Kentucky Department for Social Services.
Howard has had a life-long involvement with the arts and crafts. He earned a degree in art from the University of Kentucky and attended graduate schools at the University of Tennessee and at East Tennessee State University. He has been a teacher, commercial artist, potter, print maker and operated the first private hot glass studio in Kentucky. His work has been shown in many shops and galleries throughout the United States and abroad.
Nancy and Howard released a Published in Heaven book in 2012 titled breaking out comprised of her poetry and his art work. Another book of Nancy’s called the color is me, published by Finishing Line Press, was released in March, 2013. Her poems have been accepted for publication in various magazines and journals throughout the United States and abroad including Struggle, Pearl Editions, Levure littéraire (Paris) and New Southerner magazine.
Now retired Nancy and Howard make their home in Louisville, Kentucky. Besides writing and doing art work, they enjoy travelling and entertaining family and friends.