Salt | A poem by Eugenio Montale, 1939
William Merritt Chase, The Old Road to the Sea, 1893 We don’t know if tomorrow has green pasturesin mind for...
Poems
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods | A poem by Lord Byron, 1812
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, The Solitude, 1866 There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,There is a rapture on the lonely shore,There...
Those Times | A poem by Anne Sexton, 1966
Paul Klee, Girl with Doll, 1930 At sixI lived in a graveyard full of dolls,avoiding myself,my body, the suspectin its...
The Lemon Trees | A poem by Eugenio Montale, 1925
Claude Monet, Under the Lemon Trees, 1884 Hear me a moment. Laureate poetsseem to wander among plantsno one knows: boxwood,...
On Children | A poem by Kahlil Gibran, 1923
Agustí Sousa, Family, 2016 Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.They...
I Can’t Get Started | A song by Lee Wiley, 1944 / Signature Song | A poem by Bill Berkson, 2009
Vocalist Lee Wiley, accompanied by her husband, pianist Jess Stacy, with Eddie Condon on guitar, Sid Weiss on bass and...
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear | A poem by Mosab Abu Toha, 2021
Isamu Noguchi, Paris Abstraction, 1928 For Alicia M. Quesnel, MD i When you open my ear, touch itgently.My mother’s voice...
The Botticellian Trees | A poem by William Carlos Williams, 1930
Sandro Botticelli, La historia de Nastagio degli Onesti, second episode, 1483 (detail) The alphabet ofthe trees is fading in thesong...
Dream Dust | A poem by Langston Hughes, 1901-1967
Georges Seurat, Seated Woman with a Parasol, 1884-85 Gather out of star-dustEarth-dust,Cloud-dust,And splinters of hail,One handful of dream-dustNot for sale....
The Bird Thrice with Itself | A poem by Hans Arp, 1920
Jean Arp, Variables Bild , 1964 the streams buck like rams in a tentwhips crack and from the hills come...