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Stéphane Mallarmé, as Pan.

Stéphane Mallarmé, as Pan.

A part of the John Ashbery poem installed on the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge

A part of the John Ashbery poem installed on the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge

(Source: why-girls-are-weird.com)

from “Vision and Prayer,” by Dylan Thomas

from “Vision and Prayer,” by Dylan Thomas

(Source: larrysawyer.blogspot.com)

Come on, Irene.

Come on, Irene.

Antigone’s thinking afternoon. Bianca Stone’s illustration. Anne Carson’s birthday.

Antigone’s thinking afternoon.

Bianca Stone’s illustration.

Anne Carson’s birthday.

(Source: whoisthatsupposedtobe.blogspot.com)

Grace Hartigan collage + ”For Grace, after a Party” from Meditations in an Emergency

(Source: beineckeroom26.library.yale.edu)

jenbenka: not a stronger we in poetry. or this iconic piece by gwendolyn brooks from “selected poems,” published by harper perennial

jenbenka:

not a stronger we in poetry. or this iconic piece by gwendolyn brooks

from “selected poems,” published by harper perennial

overtakelessness by Dan Beachy-Quick

overtakelessness by Dan Beachy-Quick

Craigie House. Watercolor and pencil, early 1850s. Fanny and Henry [Wadsworth Longfellow] are portrayed on the right, in front of the east porch or “piazza,” while Charley, Erny, and possibly Alice (who was born 22 September 1850) can be seen peering out of a second-floor window.

Craigie House. Watercolor and pencil, early 1850s.

Fanny and Henry [Wadsworth Longfellow] are portrayed on the right, in front of the east porch or “piazza,” while Charley, Erny, and possibly Alice (who was born 22 September 1850) can be seen peering out of a second-floor window.

Design by Nikola Cernovich.  Created to accompany This, a poem by Charles Olson. Black Mountain, NC: Black Mountain College Graphics Workshop, 1952.

Design by Nikola Cernovich.  Created to accompany This, a poem by Charles Olson. Black Mountain, NC: Black Mountain College Graphics Workshop, 1952.