Poem: Universal Family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   I watch

   as the wavy lines on the maps

   move, and the countries’

   names are strange, but the people

   themselves seem most familiar –

 

   like distant cousins in another

   state whose names you once knew

   well, but had forgotten, till

   the family newsletter came

   in the post, and past and present

 

   were linked once again –

   almost as if you and they

   had flung open an iron gate,

   or leaped a knee-high picket

   fence, and settled in to chat –

 

   all time forgotten in the flush

   of fresh memories –

   sweet as the scent of pine

   on a forest floor after a long,

   hard winter.

 

                         © Diane Beaty

Graphic Arts: Clip Art

Clip Art is a generic term which includes drawings, movies, sounds,

or stock photography that assists one in illustrating a specific

concept in published works or presentations. The camera shown

in this post is an example of a clip art piece.

 

 

Wikipedia gives a nice account

of what Clip Art is, and how

that particular area of publishing

has evolved over the years.

 

 

Follow this link for the full Wiki article: #mce_temp_url#

 

Some computer programs, such as Word, have Clip Art libraries

built in. Click on the “Help” button in your office and/or publishing

programs to learn how the clip art process works.