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Thursday, July 05, 2007
Oleander ukiyo-e
"The gravestones do not move; but in the blended motions of the oleander its white blossoms stir like pieces of paper in those dark accumulations floating in a cluster in the dirty harbor ..."
I could not bear to change the perfect 4 comments on the pool photo and Berryman quote to 5--but how witty of you. And this, with a bit from one of my favorite Bishop poems--wonderful. I heard her read many many years ago in a little room at Yale. Shamefully few people attending, and she in a plain black dress, very understated. The poems were, of course, amazing.
This is a notch above. Very cool! :)
ReplyDeleteI could not bear to change the perfect 4 comments on the pool photo and Berryman quote to 5--but how witty of you.
ReplyDeleteAnd this, with a bit from one of my favorite Bishop poems--wonderful. I heard her read many many years ago in a little room at Yale. Shamefully few people attending, and she in a plain black dress, very understated. The poems were, of course, amazing.