The Embrace was created to illustrate the poem, Homecoming Hug, by Eileen Malone of Colma CA, published in "Visions and Voices, Pens and Brushes" by the Roanoke Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, 2004.

You can buy a copy of the collected poems from any member of the Roanoke Branch, or at Gallery 108 in downtown Roanoke, or from Geer's Creations.