Psyche | A poem by Gérard D’Houville, 1875-1963
Max Beckman, Still Life with Large Shell, 1939 (detail) Noiselessly through the silent mansion treading,She bears a lamp and guards...
Poems
Wild Geese | A poem by Mary Oliver, 1986
Bian Shoumin, Wild geese, 1751 You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor...
Only a promise | A poem by Michael March, 2005
Samia Halaby, Directions, 2018 You fellthrough yourselfwhat was knownthe war flickeredin the evening skyHer hand was warmwhat were her wordsnot...
Choose your leaders | Octavia E. Butler, 1998
Jim Henson, Sid the Cookie Monster, Sesame Street, 1966 “Choose your leaderswith wisdom and forethought.To be led by a cowardis...
Nostos | A poem by Louise Gluck, 1996
Dorothy Annan, Girl with an Apple, 1943 There was an apple tree in the yard --this would have beenforty years...
Inventory | A poem by Dorothy Parker, 1926
Afghan girl with green eyes Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe....
Crumbling is not an instant’s Act | A poem by Emily Dickinson, 1860
Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1961 Crumbling is not an instant's ActA fundamental pauseDilapidation's processesAre organized Decays — 'Tis first a Cobweb...
Oh, Yes | A poem by Charles Bukowski, 1983
René Magritte, Memory, 1948 There are worse things thanbeing alone,but it often takes decadesto realize this,and most oftenwhen you doit's...
Ode to Tomatoes | A poem by Pablo Neruda, 1904-73
Richard Diebenkorn The streetfilled with tomatoesmidday,summer,light ishalvedlikeatomato,its juicerunsthrough the streets.In December,unabated,the tomatoinvadesthe kitchen,it enters at lunchtime,takesits easeon countertops,among glasses,butter dishes,blue...
Incomplete silence | A poem by Lêdo Ivo, 1924-2012
Shoda Koho, Moonlit Sea, 1930s What an among so many sounds!Now, and only now, they are trying to tell usthat...