Ice Crystals by a River Bank
By Sarah E N Kohrs
April 15, 2026
April 15, 2026
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Sarah E N Kohrs is an award-winning poet, potter, and fine arts photographer, who contributes to The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals. SENK has over 95 photographs published in literary journals worldwide, including 45th Parallel, Beyond Words, CALYX, Camas, Culinary Origami, GROUND, Months to Years, Lavender Bones, Litro, Nassau Review, Paper Dragon, Peatsmoke, Progenitor, The Sun, Quibble, Voices de la Luna, Word’s Faire, and more. Sarah has a BA from The College of Wooster and a Virginia teaching license endorsed in Latin and Visual Arts. SENK respectfully acknowledges the Shawandasse Tula, Manahoac, and Monacan, who once stewarded the land where she now lives. She volunteers for Shenandoah County Branch NAACP and the rural arts nonprofit VECCA, working to kindle hope amidst asperity.
Website: senkohrs.com
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Artist’s Note:
Near Eklutna River in Alaska, smaller rivulets slip into the flowing water as it veers from the cascade of Thunderbird Falls. During the winter months, when the beginning and end of the day greet one another over a span of only six hours, snow and night and ice pervade. Ice as blue as the heart of a glacier crystallizes along the soft edges of the bank, hems silver tree branches, and clings to the frozen falls. Photography, more than any other medium, captures change over time. Historically used as a way to remember before something is lost, image-making encourages the viewer to continue along the path, especially when it holds shadowy unknowns, and to appreciate the delicate beauty such places can hold.