instant assemblage
(the following poem and images was assembled by an astonishing woman, imani. her discussion accompanying the poem is fascinating as well. she has clearly taken a lot of time and care with her choices; i, however, give you one or two from each post to which she linked. thank you.)
POEM
This beauty that I see
– the sun going down
scours the entangled
and lightly henna
withys and the wind
whips them as it
would ship a cloud –
is passing so swiftly
into night. A moon,
full and flat, and stars
a freight train passing
passing it is the sea
and not a train. This
beauty that collects
dry leaves in pools
and pockets and goes
freezingly, just able
still to swiftly flow
it goes, it goes.
--James Schuyler
POEM
This beauty that I see
– the sun going down
scours the entangled
and lightly henna
withys and the wind
whips them as it
would ship a cloud –
is passing so swiftly
into night. A moon,
full and flat, and stars
a freight train passing
passing it is the sea
and not a train. This
beauty that collects
dry leaves in pools
and pockets and goes
freezingly, just able
still to swiftly flow
it goes, it goes.
--James Schuyler
Labels: Baika jo, henri riviere, hiroshige ando, ivan bilibin, James Schuyler, ohara koson, poetry, travel, vallotton, walter j phillips
6 Comments:
Aww. You know that the admiration goes both ways. I really was trying to come up with a way to highlight some of your images for ages. Thank goodness for poetry! :)
Beautiful!
I was wondering, is there a reason why some images are smaller than others? In other words, are you trying to save space?
I have a couple of prints (framed) we bought that I know you would like, and if I can figure out how to scan them I will send you a copy.
Thanks again
Two flower petals up for this one, lotusgreen. -Just lovely and after the full moon of my heart. I think one of the reasons that I love moon imagery so much is that I was born on a full moon at midnight. Your island of beauty awaits those who visit.
imani--thank goodness for poetry indeed! i think of prints v. paintings kind of like poetry v. prose.
the former let in more light.
one gift for me of doing this blog has been the discovery of a whole new (to me) school of poetry.
andrea--thanks!
if you click on any of the images, you'll see it as large as i've got, plus seeing, usually, the artist and date. i was a magazine designer for many years; i have to use the size on the blog itself that i think is best for the layout without completely sacrificing content.
and... cool! do you know the artists and/or titles?
princess! so glad to see you! i was born under a full moon as well! (but not at midnight) but that must explain something about our souls, eh?
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