I Saw a Man Shoot Not an Arrow Into a Tree

The Tree Climber

I saw a man shoot not an arrow into a tree

A beanbag

Yanked thin yellow leader line

I craned my eye-neck on high

Fatter red line followed yellow

Hidden in leaves branches

I saw a man shimmy up the red rope

Step clinch step clinch step clinch

Slip slide down swift swift

I saw a man shoot not an arrow into my heart

A beanbag

Thunked, thin line yanked around me

Shimmy up, step clinch, slip down, swift, swift. 

c. 2015, Nancy Charak

Thank you Dan Gilmore, Margaret Rozga

Margaret Rozga, Justice Freedom Herbs

Poet, activist Margaret Rozga has published a new book, Justice Feedom Herbs. Quite a sweet surprise to see my name mentioned in the acknowledgements. Thank you Margaret. We collaborated several years ago for the Poetic Dialogue Project under the auspices of the ARC Gallery of Chicago at the H. F. Johnson Gallery of Carthage College.

Poetic Dialog Project: Poetry — Art — Women
February 22-April 7, 2007
Featured artists: Granite Amit, Kina Bagovska, Nancy Charak, Laura Ann Cloud, Brooke Demos, Kathleen Dugan, Iris Goldstein, Kris Gosh, Carolyne King, Keli LeMoi, Lynette Mohill, Cheri Reif Naselli, Judith Roth, Charlotte Segal, Beth Shadur, Michele Stutts, Mirjana Ugrinov, Kelly Weime, and Amy Zucker.