Sarah Rooney Designs

  • Does Mary Mind the Stained Glass?

    good Catholic girl from the suburbs is going off to college. She’s kissing her parents goodbye. She’s studying philosophy, drinking beer, kissing a boy, brushing her hair alone in her dorm.  good Catholic girl is homeless in the mountains. She’s squatting in an apartment, she’s stealing her roommate’s weed, she’s sunbathing in her underwear on Continue reading

  • We are the Seasons

    We are the Seasons

    Painting: “Seinfeld”. Acrylic on Canvas. Sarah Rooney 2021. How lovely to have an empty mindHow lovely to empty my mind with you We snap together like magnetsAnd we dance the tulips into bloom My only dream is to live the love in my bodyHow lovely to live that love with you The soft breeze of Continue reading

  • Hijack my Hindsight Why Don’t You?

    I’m reading a passage of my book aloud to rooms with no earsI’m giggling glancing shoving an empty passenger seatI’m imagining confessions on my father’s doorstepI’m crying that you’ve been drinking too much I’m bargaining my trust Bartering my faithI’m waltzing over cold tiles to the sizzle of an empty skillet I’m tickling the phantoms in Continue reading