This Be The Verse | A poem by Philip Larkin, 1971
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Aboriginal, 1984 . They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they...
Poems
Perpetuum Mobile: The City | William Carlos Williams, 1936
R.B. Kitaj, Melancholie after Vincent, 1977 - etching . —a dream we dreamed each separately we two of love and...
Help! | Ariane Mnouchkine, 2005
Martine Franck, Théâtre du Soleil Les Petits Bourgeois, play by Maxime Gorki, directed by Ariane Mnouchkine,Theatre Mouffetard, 1964 . Help!...
Welcome Morning | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1928-1974
Dollhouse, Fisher Price, 1970's . There is joy in all: in the hair I brush each morning, in the Cannon...
Poem for Blok | Marina Tsvetaeva, 1916
Alexander Blok, 1880-1921 . Your name is a — bird in my hand,a piece of ice on my tongue.The...
Your Orange Hair in the Void of the World | A poem by Paul Eluard, 1926
Fernand Khnopff, I lock my door upon myself, 1891 . Your orange hair in the void of the world In...
How to Be Perfect | A poem by Ron Padgett, 2007
Gary Hume, Yellow Window gloss paint on aluminium, 2002 . Get some sleep. Don't give advice. Take care of your...
Fear | A poem by Raymond Carver, 1984
EMS Synthi AKS synthesizer . Fear of seeing a police car pull into the drive. Fear of falling asleep at...
The Moon and the Yew Tree | A poem by Sylvia Plath, 1961
Max Ernst - Au Premier Mot Limpide (At the first limpid word), 1923 . This is the light of the...
Aubade | A poem by Philip Larkin, 1977
Josef Albers, Movement of Grey, 1939 . I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to...