On the way

Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin, Texas
Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin, Texas

The breath of a twig

of creepers, the earth crawlers

a traveller’s treats

Yearning

Greener are grasses

promises of other side

seems reality

Contemplate

Poetess, Umlauf Sculpture Garden, Austin, Texas

Silent, unspeaking

creating, destroying worlds

with power of words

a woman, the poetess

in mindful rumination

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Photo: Umlauf Sculpture garden and Museum, Austin, Texas.

Sculpture: Poetess, 1956, cast stone. The sculpture pays homage to Charles’ wife, Angeline Allen Umlauf, who was an art student in Chicago before becoming a poetess. Representing poetic inspiration, the sculpture also refers to Angeline who played a part in creating the Sculpture Garden.