Stone Chart

“Spring Kiss” by Tatjana Krilova

In the beginning the dusk was praising the stones.
Nothing and certainly no one was singing a song
of themselves except maybe the garden stones
long before the garden was a garden and the twinge
of sweetness found Adam. He was quietly removing stones
touching his hands to the soil, touching what grows
among the knots of soil. Then he threw sun-bleached stones
at the apple tree months before Eve arrived
and he ate apples and his eyes darkened like river stones
and he visited gullies and mountains in his dreams
and the stars bore down like hailstones.
He tired of coring gravensteins for gravensteins they were
not Fuji or red delicious, the birthstones
of farmers to come. Eve arrived with her apple core-er
and spiced ginger and proceed to stone
him with apple meat after talking with strange serpents
which is why you should never talk with strange curves or stones
which is why the tip of his tongue went dry.

About the author

John Davis is the author of Gigs and The Reservist. His work has appeared in DMQ Review, Iron Horse Literary Review and Terrain.org. He lives on an island in the Salish Sea and performs in several bands. 

About the Artist

Tatjana Krilova, born in Latvia, is contemporary visual artist living and working in Toronto, Canada. Having received a higher education in architecture and civil engineering , she studied painting and sculpture at the Latvian Art Academy and at the Art Studios of the Latvian artist Yuri Cirkunov and professor sculptor Igor Vasiliev. Tatjana works in oil, acrylic, watercolour and oil pastel. Reflecting the inner harmony and unity of the opposites of the world, using metamorphoses in her art, Tatjana developed her own conceptual style. She has achieved recognition as a winner and participant in international and local art competitions and exhibitions.