Manzinar
Portal through Time

1 of 1 Signed fine art Giclée print measures 17” x 11”

Printed on Epson Professional Matte 19” x 13” paper

Using pigment inks.

You can email me for any questions.

Limited Edition (100) Giclée Prints with Poetry in Miniature.

How?

How can you sing the blues when you’ve never had your heart broken?

How can I understand what’s on your mind, when not a word is spoken?

How do you describe the taste of bologna to someone who has only eaten steak?

How do you explain the ocean to someone who has never seen a lake?

How can you know freedom from behind a prison door?

How can you perceive peace when all you know is war?

How can you expect to find love when all you know is hate?

How can you be humble when everyone says you’re great?

How can you feast upon a banquet when you know hungry children cry?

How can you tell the truth when all you were taught is to lie?

How do you understand color when all you see is white?

How can you know darkness when all you know is light?

How can you know how bad my feet hurt, if you don’t walk in my shoes?

How can you know the music when you never sang the blues?

How can you know what’s in another’s heart,

If you haven’t lived their life from the start?

Before you hate, fear and judge your brother,

Live in peace, harmony and love one another.

Dedicated to my friend Archie Lee Hooker who’s statement “How do you describe the taste of bologna to someone who has only eaten steak?” inspired this poem.

This poem and many of my other poems can be found in my new book Reflections in Poetry.

Copyright 2002 Tiffany Montaño