Visual art is a form of human communication. The Chalk Art Collection is an evocation of art. It is a written interpretation of visual language. Through his poetry, the author, Tom Bonine, has invoked a variety of narrative and observational poems derived from the chalk drawings of his grandniece, Maia Erbes. Stories hidden in swirls of chalk leap form canvas to page. Within the drawings the author found mystery, loss, love, humor, reflection, and trauma. You, dear reader, are cordially invited into their world; a world whose entry begins with your own immersion and observation into a drawing and opens a door to a hidden story.