A poem of gratitude which grows every year.

This is a eulogy I composed for my teacher, the painter Jerry Rudquist. It may also be read as a narration for a short film I made with him, The Painted Eye.

This book is a collection of poems about people. The writer Freya Manfred writes, “I love the often playful, musical quality which enhances the vital/vivid images of each praise-worthy person. These people are real and the poetry honors them. The poems play off each other well—father, mother, old-timer, uncles—quite wonderful all together in this world, as the book surely lives up to its title.”