Below a mountain of fallen kites, 

travelers dream of string theory. 
Well, some do; rich cowboys, 

just back from safari and 
boat trips down the Nile, 
tend to lean toward hypotenuse. 

Untitled painting (oil-on-canvas-board, 1946)
by Will Henry Stevens, courtesy of Blue Spiral 1

The collection of Will Henry Stevens is represented by
Blue Spiral 1 located in Asheville, North Carolina.
Image appears here with permission from the Gallery.

Publisher’s Notes:

1. The landscape of North Carolina mountains above is by Will Henry Stevens (1881-1949), American modernist painter, poet, and teacher known for his paintings and pastels of rural Southern landscapes, from the highlands of Appalachia to the lowlands and deltas of Louisiana. He taught at Sophie Newcomb College (now part of Tulane University) in New Orleans for 27 years, and at several art colonies in the South, including Black Mountain, North Carolina.


2. The Johnson Collection has 16 of his paintings:
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/will-stevens/


3. The Blue Spiral 1 Gallery presents a detailed bio of the arist and information about his work:
https://bluespiral1.com/artist/711-will-henry-stevens-1881-1949/cv

Also recommended, this PDF article by Blue Spiral 1: Will Henry Stevens: The Oriental Influence

And for those who, like me, cannot get enough of these artworks, nearly 300 of them appear in this online gallery:
https://bluespiral1.com/artist/711-will-henry-stevens-1881-1949?ppage=6

Daryl Scroggins

has taught creative writing and literature at The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of North Texas, and the Writer’s Garret, in Dallas. He now lives in Marfa, Texas. He is the author of This Is Not the Way We Came In, a collection of flash fiction and a flash novel (Ravenna Press), Winter Investments: Stories (Trilobite Press), and Prairie Shapes: A Flash Novel (winner of the 2004 Robert J. DeMott Prose Contest). His poems, short stories, and creative nonfictions have appeared in magazines and anthologies across the country, including Blink Ink, Cutbank, Eastern Iowa Review, New Flash Fiction Review, Star 82 Review, and Third Wednesday, among others.