Clara

Prodigious in all —
her work elicited praise.

Memberships never passive:
keen to love and appreciate

art forms and symbolisms –
sparks from a perceptive mind.

Lured by Europe’s magnificent
stained glass, she worked

mosaics, murals, windows:
her greatest works, loved best.

This Alabama woman dared —
dreamed – achieved her goals.

. . . . .

Poet: Susan Powers Bourne
Source: Works by Ann Parrish
Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame
Process: Redacted montage