The cover art for Tar River Poetry volume 64, number 2, spring 2025 is by Bussie Parker Kehoe

Title: Languorous

Artist's Statement: I am a mixed media artist, committed to nurturing and celebrating found and discarded materials in unexpected ways. Currently, I pour old discarded house paint onto glass, let the paint dry, then sculpt with the resulting dried paint peel. I intentionally place each paint peel so that it connects to and supports the others surrounding it, which is directly related to my life experience of moving and searching for those connections and support. Sometimes, I stack and cut those paint peels, then assemble a “quilt” reminiscent of the Korean textiles that I grew up with. Other times, I coax the paint into organic patterns I see in nature.