Sonnet | A poem by Elizabeth Bishop, 1928
Fairfield Porter, Sun and Sea, 1975 I am in need of music that would flowOver my fretful, feeling finger-tips,Over my...
Poems
The Lake Isle of Innisfree | A poem by William Butler Yeats, 1888 + A song by Hamilton Camp, 1964
Innisfree, Lough Gill, County Sligo, Ireland I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build...
There came a Day at Summer’s full | A poem by Emily Dickinson, 1861-62
Lydia Borgek, Syra, 1914 There came a Day at Summer’s full,Entirely for me —I thought that such were for the...
A Walking Song | A poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1954
J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves, The Hobbit, 1937 watercolor Upon the hearth the fire is...
The Remorse for Time | A poem by Howard Nemerov, 1960
George Wylesol When I was a boy, I used to go to bedBy daylight, in the summer, and lie awakeBetween...
Ah! Sunflower | A poem by William Blake, 1794 + A song by The Fugs, 1965
Paul Caponigro, Back-lit sunflower, Connecticut, 1970 Ah! sunflower, weary of time,Who countest the steps of the sun,Seeking after that sweet...
My voice | A poem by Oscar Wilde, 1881
SS Malolo, Menu, 1926 Within this restless, hurried, modern worldWe took our hearts’ full pleasure—You and I,And now the white...
There Are Those Who Love To Get Dirty | A poem by Gary Snyder, 1970-84
Jean Berko Gleason, Yesterday he _ , 1958 There are those who love to get dirtyand fix thingsThey drink coffee...
Friendship | A poem by Gregory Markopoulos, 1964
Ellsworth Kelly, La Combe III, 1951 Ask me not.What is Friendship?I do not know. What is friendship?I do not know.....
if i have made,my lady, intricate [Five V] | A poem by e.e. cummings, 1926
Constantin Brâncuși, Sleeping Muse I, 1909-10 if i have made, my lady, intricateimperfect various things chiefly which wrongyour eyes(frailer than...