Myrto | A poem by Gérard de Nerval, 1808-55
Salvatore Fergola, A View of Naples from Posillipo, c 1840 It is of you, divine enchantress, I am thinking, Myrto,Burning...
Poems
What Is Pink? | A poem by Christina Rossetti, 1893
1930's colour pallet What is pink? a rose is pinkBy the fountain's brink.What is red? a poppy's redIn its barley...
Poem In October | Dylan Thomas, 1944
Franklin Carmichael, Autumn Hillside, 1920 It was my thirtieth year to heavenWoke to my hearing from harbour and neighbour woodAnd...
Long Trip | A poem by Langston Hughes, 1926
Joaquín Sorolla, Boys in the sea, 1908 The sea is a wilderness of waves,A desert of water.We dip and dive,Rise...
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...
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...