An Artist’s Aviary
By Elizabeth Seaver
A Bird Came Down the Walk
Emily Dickinson
A Bird, came down the Walk –
He did not know I saw –
He bit an Angle Worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,
And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass –
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass –
He glanced with rapid eyes,
That hurried all abroad –
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,
He stirred his Velvet Head. –
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers,
And rowed him softer Home –
Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,
Leap, plashless as they swim.
Booby Afloat/20×20, Collage and Acrylic
Pelican Airways/30×40, Collage and Acrylic
Eight Arms to Hold You Tight/24×24, Collage and Acrylic
Zero to Sixty/24×36, Collage and Acrylic
The Sky is Falling/36×36, Collage, Acrylic, and Printmaking
Pirates on the Beach/24×36, Collage and Acrylic
Beatrice on her Best Behavior/15×30, Collage and Acrylic
First Date/48×48, Collage and Acrylic
Water Hazard/36×36, Collage and Acrylic
*** Elizabeth Seaver spends most of her days making art and teaching in Studio #26 at LibertyTown Arts Workshop in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she’ll be part of a three-artist show in September 2024. You can contact her at [email protected]. To find out more about Elizabeth and her work, check out her Instagram account, @elizabethseaverart, or go to her website, https://www.byelizabeth.com/.