Stavast Studio Gallery - Prints Page 4

"Rivers Edge"

Rivers bend and here a quiet harbor
motion stills at rivers edge

where forest hints its presence
on surface wet and dry

this year sand has come to stay

but last was swept away
in spring's torrential torment

seasoned this bed
a difference every year

where waters find their way

from clouds that burst and snows that melt
from a confluence of a thousand rills

that spill and fill this rivers name

Stephen Stavast

"Leavings"

"Best of Show" Award

International Guild of Realism Exhibition
Manitou Galleries
Santa Fe, New Mexico
September 2006

Tall tree shade
rivers bed made
bright by light reflections
cast from sources left unseen yet pictured here
with this selection

angel light found in drops of sun
formed without a meaning
found not planned
yet here in search of thought

leavings all will surely change

light will animate the dark
leaves will move with the wind
sticks and stones will find new ground as waters
flow in season

but here for moments they stand in peace and
minds will test their reason

Stephen Stavast



	"Leavings Kaleidoscopic

"Periphery"

Moment of the journey

noontime hours
resting
moments of the journey

on the softer side
where silt laden bottom proves the quiet of this pool
at rivers edge

from worlds apart
debris
washed in and fallen
accent the beauty of their transient home

just a camp before the river runs its banks
and sweeps this soft periphery of all things
but those which stand the test of time

like moment of the journey
forever left in mind

Stephen Stavast

"Shady Play"
Stones in shade create the stage cast from grays and muted hues some are stars with stripes that tip the heights of jingoistic play as others add their texture and their spots with less an act to follow sticks lay the lines of softened shadows to brand the ex and mark the spot token players all bring the balance and with no lines spoken the play is on Stephen Stavast

"Rock a Buy"
	And step to the dancer's light a universal cast? performs! when the spotlights stream to cite its numbers flash! from focused wave and stop to watch an audience to its continuance of motion barely held in check Stephen Stavast

"Story in the Sky"

Oak-like stance

glory in the light

with limbs that reach
beyond their shadows cast

to touch a place in time
where children played like us

a memory tree
where love once carved its proof
for all to know
is lost
with other needs and space
and time for growth

and moss has softened all
to tourist rest
an eyeful tower golden set against the sky
where all will dream
and time will fly

Stephen Stavast

"Autumns Fall"

Sun has changed its movement to lower in the sky

long days shorten lengthen night

water moves to still in pools and ponds
before the storm of winters come

on surface spills the light of autumns fall

a colored moment sets before the spell is broken

in quickened steps like buds of spring
soon yellow shows the wind

confettied whispers sign their message sent

and pallid days begin

Stephen Stavast

"True Light Standing"

Light has set the stage

moving grace the sun

a scene within a frame

captured forms and shadows quake while
sun is on the move

but here a moment captured

resolute and still is true life
standing

stoic story stated

in lines we've read and left unsaid

through rocks we've jumped in river's bed

and in our haste

we've missed the view

of true life standing

stand light and true

Stephen Stavast