Octopus | A song by Syd Barrett, 1969 & a poem by Henry Newbolt | Rilloby-Rill, 1912
Minoan octopus stirrup jar Octopus Trip to heave and ho, up down to and fro' You have no word Trip...
Poems
Dirge Without Music | A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1928
Man Ray: Edna St Vincent Millay, 1923 . I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in...
Lady Love | A poem by Paul Eluard, 1924
Paul Eluard & Gala, 1913 . She is standing on my lids And her hair is in my hair She...
Now blue October | A poem by Robert Nathan (1894-1985)
Arkhip Kuindzhi, The Dnieper River in the morning, 1881 . Now blue October, smoky in the sun, Must end the...
My Bohemian Life (Fantasy) | Arthur Rimbaud, 1870
Original handwritten manuscript of Arthur Rimbaud’s poem, Ma bohême . I went off with my hands in my torn coat...
The Wall | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1928-1974
Anne Sexton during her honeymoon at Virginia beach, 1948 . Nature is full of teeth that come in one by...
Poem 135 | A poem by Emily Dickinson, 1859
Penny Slinger, Who Turns Her Back, 1977, collage Water, is taught by thirst. Land—by the Oceans passed. Transport—by throe— Peace—by...
Feminine Wit | Poems by Arab Women from the Jahiliyya (pre-Islamic) to the Andalusian period
Henri Matisse, Odalisque on a Turkish Sofa, 1928 I see people riding on shrieking horses Steering clouds of sparkbelching fires...
An Insult to a Doll | Innokenty Annensky, 1855 -1909
Smallest doll in the world, early 1900s “There can be such a sky, and such A play of rays, that...
Saturdays | A Poem by Petya Dubarova, 1962-79
Petya Dubarova On Saturdays I'm unappreciated - wild, flexible, and lively as a lynx. And tiredness, having turned into a...