the broadsheet

a broadsheet
is a landscape
for dreams––

an empty theater
just waiting
to play.

here
is space
for a river––

there belongs
a street
& a tower.

the actors
are unseen
until we
summon them
to make history.

a broadsheet
is the open sky
of shakepeare’s
mind.

the director
creates meaning
& order––

provides
a mirror
for seeing
ourselves––

& for understanding
how we fit
together
like a handshake.

robert & alison
had the courage
to found
a neighborhood
& create
a community

to capture
the beauty
of the comings
& goings
of steamships––

of people
& the epics
of their lives.

they taught us
to see ourselves
as we are––

& the brilliance
of our future
if we would
make it so.

a photographer, a
writer, an editor, a
journalist, a director,
a producer, a
watchmaker––

robert taught us
about our togetherness––

about our single
beating heart––

he performed
on a stage
of possibility

& of loving
potential.