Saturday, February 09, 2008

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The Letter 1865-70
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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The Letter
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She sits, the letter hovers on her hand.
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Her dress, like her arm, is young and feminine.
She gentles the garden air that she breathes in.
Silence so dominates that it subdues
Even the glowing pigments of the paint.
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The ribbon in her hair is a red flutter.
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Her head is bent, her eyes bend toward the letter,
But do not read it, merely see the whole
Page in its presence, gleaming from his hand.
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Is there a dark anguish in that page's whiteness?
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The letter perches. Will it fly away?
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(Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, 1796-1875)
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Paul Engle (American 1908-1991)
A Woman Unashamed and Other Poems
New York, 1965, Random House
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For more information on this painting:
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http://www.metmuseum.org
http://www.impressioniste.net/corot.htm
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For more information on this poet:
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http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/MSC/ToMsc550/MsC514/msc514.html
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http://fotolog.com/binkawest
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