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D. H. Lawrence: London Mercury
. The Attributes of the Arts with a Bust of Mercury: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, c. 1728, oil on canvas (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)Oh when Mercury came to London they "had him fixed".It saves him from...
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The Lost Woods
.from Laminated in Booktown, Marie's Mail Box, 4 May 2013Where those woods were I think I know.My house stands in the village though;I've been promised these things don't change.The woods were lovely,...
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Philip Larkin: Adminstration
.Adult male Jumping Spider (Phidippus mystaceus), feeding on a Chrysopid, Oklahoma: photo by Thomas Shahan, October 2010Day by day your estimation clocks upWho deserves a smile and who a frown,And...
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Robert Herrick: Upon one Lillie, who marryed with a maid call'd Rose
.Aronskelk / Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica): photo by Calllie-Pop, 31 August 2005 What times of sweetnesse this faire day fore-shows, When as the Lilly marries with the Rose! What next is lookt...
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D. H. Lawrence: Things Made by Iron
.Metal Petals: a fountainhead on the West Side bikepath near Pier 45, New York City: photo by tauntingpanda (ben britten), 9 February 2005Thingsmade by iron and handled by steelare born dead, they are...
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D. H. Lawrence: Things Men Have Made
.Little horse on wheels (ancient Greek child's toy). From tomb dating 950-900 B.C.: photo by Sharon Mollerus, 8 March 2009 (Kerameikos Archaeological Museum, Athens)Things men have made with wakened...
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Last Bus
.Golden Gate: Gerhard Richter, 1989, oil on photograph, 10 x 15 cm (Gerhard Richter Art)The last bus one hour and twelve minutes lateat the bleak nearly deserted downtown stop and when I enquire of the...
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The Day Goes On Forever
.Strawberry Creek balloons: photo by Dmitry Gudkov, 28 October 2004We’re alone my shadow and me You’re alone with your shadow too The first day and the last day the same First song same as last song...
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William Shakespeare: Sonnet 29 (When in disgrace with Fortune and mens eyes)
.Large landscape with trees (The triangular field): Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, 1908-2001), 1965, oil on canvasWhen in disgrace with Fortune and mens eyes, I all alone beweepe my out-cast...
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Henry Green: Mirroring
.Young Woman in front of a Mirror (detail): Giovanni Bellini, (1426-1516) 1515 (Kunsthitorisches Museum, Vienna)All of a sudden she was so angry she began to tremble from her toes up.And Amabel was...
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In the Vale
.The Vale: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875), 1855-60, oil on wood, 35 x 53 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)There is a cool pleasure in the very sound of vale. The English word is of the happiest...
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Doug Lang: Rogaine Bunny Sonnet
.Last Judgment (fragment of Hell): Hieronymus Bosch, n.d., oil on panel (Private collection)Katie Gegentesh, Drew Gardner, Nada Gordon, Sharon Mesmer Mel Nichols, K. Silem Mohammed, Michael Magee,...
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The Edge of the Forest
.Garden, Notting Hill Gate: Lucian Freud (1939-2010), 1997, oil on canvas (Private collection)Poems ought to have memories.They should remember other poems. At this moment the noisy cityhas fallen...
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John H. White: Black Chicago, early 1970s
.Members Of The Jehovah's Witnesses During The Group's Annual Convention At Chicago's Sox Park, A Baseball Field On The City's South Side. The Umbrellas Are In Evidence To Shade The Participants From A...
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Life Story
.Ruins of fire-swept building at 4600 South Paulina Street, 16 January 1949 Taking things that don't belong together, pluralisticfutures, simplistic pasts, hoopdreams, screened-in porches, perfume of...
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Red Room with Spooks
.Lindsay Mills, the acrobat girlfriend of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, strikes poses for a photoshoot in Hawaii: photo by Luis Silos III Photography/Splash, via The Guardian 12 June 2013"I can't...
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Point Blank
.Rain (Albany, California): photo by efo, 8 June 2013 Outside the tall building, two hoopers carrying their court shoes by knotted strings pause before an impromptumonument propped against...
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Safe -- For Now (Temporary Respite)
.Gibraltar: Charles Pears for the Empire Marketing Board, c. 1930 (National Archives UK)Any evening when the sirens are not yet wailing, it may be safely concluded they are merely waiting to again...
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Harris Schiff: New York
. An occupier on the steps of Federal Hall on Wall Street: instagram by David Shankbone, 28 May 2012If you are going to jump out the window...
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Later
.'He took a long, long farewell of the Princess, and when he got out of the Giant's door, there stood the Wolf waiting for him': Illustration by Kay Nielsen in East of the Sun and West of the Moon,...
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