Crannog Cento

April 1, 2025

Created by Marcella Falquez from Russell Sage College - Troy, NY

This work is in two parts. Please hover your cursor over the photo to appreciate the piece in its entirety.

Lines from the cento poem above were taken from the following published pieces, in this order:


  1. Wet Autumn by Tom Hennen, from Darkness Sticks to Everything
  2. Rock Me, Mercy by Yusef Komunyakaa from The Emperor of Water Clocks
  3. The World Has Need of You by Ellen Bass from Like a Beggar
  4. A Blessing by James Wright
  5. The Last Words of My English Grandmother by William Carlos Williams
  6. The Carolina Wren by Laura Donnelly
  7. Three Songs at the End of Summer by Jane Kenyon, from Collected Poems
  8. Carpe Diem by Jim Harrison from Dead Man's Float
  9. Remnants Still Visible by Marge Piercy from Made in Detroit
  10. The Wild Swans at Coole by William Butler Yeats
April 3, 2025
Written by Heather Gilchrist from CreativityUnleashed - London, UK
April 3, 2025
Written by Jonathan Reese from Russell Sage College - Troy, NY