Nostos | A poem by Louise Gluck, 1996
Dorothy Annan, Girl with an Apple, 1943 There was an apple tree in the yard --this would have beenforty years...
Poems
Inventory | A poem by Dorothy Parker, 1926
Afghan girl with green eyes Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe....
Crumbling is not an instant’s Act | A poem by Emily Dickinson, 1860
Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1961 Crumbling is not an instant's ActA fundamental pauseDilapidation's processesAre organized Decays — 'Tis first a Cobweb...
Oh, Yes | A poem by Charles Bukowski, 1983
René Magritte, Memory, 1948 There are worse things thanbeing alone,but it often takes decadesto realize this,and most oftenwhen you doit's...
Ode to Tomatoes | A poem by Pablo Neruda, 1904-73
Richard Diebenkorn The streetfilled with tomatoesmidday,summer,light ishalvedlikeatomato,its juicerunsthrough the streets.In December,unabated,the tomatoinvadesthe kitchen,it enters at lunchtime,takesits easeon countertops,among glasses,butter dishes,blue...
Incomplete silence | A poem by Lêdo Ivo, 1924-2012
Shoda Koho, Moonlit Sea, 1930s What an among so many sounds!Now, and only now, they are trying to tell usthat...
Afternoon on a Hill | A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1917
Edward Cucuel (1875-1954), Reclining Woman in White I will be the gladdest thingUnder the sun!I will touch a hundred flowersAnd...
Sonnet 18 | William Shakespeare, 1609
William Gear, Summer afternoon, 1952 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds...
The Folly Of Being Comforted | A poem by William Butler Yeats, 1904
Erwin Blumenfeld, Young Eyes, 1937 One that is ever kind said yesterday:'Your well-beloved's hair has threads of grey,And little shadows...
The Donkey | A poem by G.K. Chesterton, 1900
Child with a small white donkey in Sana'a, Yemen The Donkey When fishes flew and forests walkedAnd figs grew upon...