Virgo: A Self-portrait and Two Poems

Sunday August 22nd 2021
Self-portrait, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, born 3 September 1861

Self-portrait, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, born 3 September 1861

 

for forty years

the sheets of white paper have

passed under my hands and I have tried

to improve their peaceful

emptiness putting down

little curls little shafts

of letters words

little flames leaping

not one page

was less to me than fascinating

Read the rest of the poem here

 

— from Forty Years by Mary Oliver, born September 10, 1935

Self-portrait, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, born 3 September 1861

Self-portrait, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, born 3 September 1861

 

I called softly so you could choose 

not to answer—then called again.

You turned in the light, your eyes

seeking your name….

Read the rest of the poem here.

— From Happenstance by Rita Dove, born August 28, 1952

 

 


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