Refracted
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:
Desmond Tutu reminds us: “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” The photograph, Refracted, reveals the dispersion of sunlight into its compositional hues as it passes through a simple glass of water. Humanity—with its beautiful depths of difference—shines a brighter light when we act together toward what is healing and what is hopeful for the world. We just have to be willing to be part of that light.