The Remorse for Time | A poem by Howard Nemerov, 1920-91
George Wylesol When I was a boy, I used to go to bedBy daylight, in the summer, and lie awakeBetween...
Poems
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...
Fern Hill | A poem by Dylan Thomas, 1945
Erich Heckel, Blossoming Apple Trees, 1907 Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughsAbout the lilting house...
The Hands | A poem by Vicente Aleixandre, 1932-33
Jindřich Štyrský, Little Alabaster Hand, 1940 Look at your hand, how slowly it moves,transparent, tangible, cut through with light,beautiful, alive,...
On [:] The Metaphysics of Chocolates | Alvaro de Campos, 1928
Sigmar Polke “Eat your chocolates, little girl,Eat your chocolates!Believe me, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolates,And all religions put...
Tomorrow, at dawn | A poem by Victor Hugo, 1847
Auguste de Châtillon, Portrait of Léopoldine Hugo,1836 "At dawn tomorrow, when the plains grow bright,I'll go. You wait for me:...