When John Prine passed away on my birthday, I felt compelled to set some time aside to listen to his music and carve out a block in his memory. Aptly titled, “Flowers for John,” this piece imagines the possibility that John is still out there up in the great north woods sitting on a rainbow and playing a song for the flowers. I take comfort in the fact that John Prine himself is a poem, and poems never die.
“Flowers for John” has been hand-drawn, carved pressed, and colored on smooth unbleached Mulberry paper using light-fast Black and Blue-Grey vegetable-oil based ink and alcohol-based archival, light-fast ink. Arriving in your mailbox matted and ready to frame or gift, this print measures 8″ x 10″ in total size.
Please note: All orders are dispatched within 1-3 working days, protected in a cellophane sleeve and posted in a board-backed envelope. If you intend your purchase to be a gift, just say the word! Gift-giving is one of my primary love-languages, so it warms my heart to help facilitate that process for others.
Fun Fact: Did you know that John Prine became the first singer-songwriter to perform at the Library of Congress at the request of US Poet Laureate Ted Kooshe in 2003? This comes as no surprise to me because Prine had been spinning poetry out of potholes and Midwest tedium since the late ‘60s.
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