guy who raises his hand during a sermon to argue with the priest
so many poetry anthologies out there like the poetry pharmacy. poems to heal. poems to make you feel better. but im different. i personally would excel at putting together a book that would make you feel WORSE
A very curious juvenile Red-winged Blackbird in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1!
Beloved Dust
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
And you as well must die, beloved dust, And all your beauty stand you in no stead, This flawless, vital hand, this perfect head, This body of flame and steel, before the gust Of Death, or under his autumnal frost, Shall be as any leaf, be no less dead Than the first leaf that fall,–this wonder fled. Altered, estranged, disintegrated, lost.
Nor shall my love avail you in your hour. In spite of all my love, you will arise Upon that day and wander down the air Obscurely as the unattended flower, It mattering not how beautiful you were, Or how beloved above all else that dies.
Ingeborg Bachmann, tr. by Mark Anderson, from In the Storm of Roses: Selected Poems; “Every Day”
[Text ID: “the pitiful star / of hope above the heart.”]
if u feel the first cramp and think "i dont need a painkiller yet, itll pass" ? that the devil speaking, take that painkiller immediately
Ball dress from the July 1823 edition of Ackermann's Repository.
Physical description from Ackermann's:
"British tulle dress worn over a white satin slip: the corsage is composed of white satin bands, branching from the front; each band corded and trimmed with narrow blond; two bands continue over the shoulder, and renew the same trimming at the back: of the sleeve is of the melon form, with sprays of satin confining the tulle; in the centre is a circular space, occasioned by the omission of the satin, and a cluster of China roses is introduced, which has a novel and elegant effect. The tucker is of fine blond, surmounting a satin band of French folds; from the wrist descends a succession of small oval baskets of tulle, edged with white satin, each containing a China rose and leaves: three rows of the same light tasteful baskets are continued round the bottom of the dress, which is fastened with a broad white satin sash, with double how behind. Milanese head-dress, composed of thirteen pins, two stationary and one pendant ball; the pins are of gold, with the heads of patent pearl, and are stacked circularly in a plaited band of the hind hair: this is a very pretty novel head-dress and accords with the grace of feminine beauty and youthful fancy. Necklace, earrings, and bracelets, of embossed gold and pink topazes interspersed. White kid gloves, with a quilling of blond at the top; white satin shoes, and a rose-bud introduced in the centre of the white satin rosette."
1925-29 c. French royal blue and gold evening dress with a tiered, scalloped skirt. The gown is made out of three different fabrics - sheer silk chiffon with metallic gold lace, over a lame based matching underslip. From Art Deco, Art Nouveau & 20th Century Decoratif Arts Group, FB.
1927 Louise Brooks and Sally Blane at the beach. From Art Deco, Avant Garde and Modernism, FB.
Nathan Oliveira (American, 1928-2010), Ryan Figure #4, 1981. Oil on canvas, 243.8 x 198.1 cm
Jérome L'Huillier - Spring 1999 RTW
Title: An Artist in His Studio
Artist: John Singer Sargent
Date: 1904
Style: Impressionism
Genre: Genre Painting
Raphael Kirchner - Mermaid (1910)
“Forget everything. Open the windows. Clear the room. The wind blows through it. You see only its emptiness, you search in every corner and don’t find yourself.”
— Franz Kafka, Diaries of Franz Kafka