“Twilight in the Wilderness” (1860)
By Frederic Edwin Church
One, the Sun, has nearly departed.
The other, the Moon, has not arrived.
The first’s colors are withdrawing.
The second’s shadows are ascending.
For now.
“Twilight in the Wilderness”
Cleveland Museum of Art,
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Music is “Quiet Reverie”
By Universfield.
Presented by Clay Track Press.
Literary fiction. Quietly.
“Marshes in New Jersey” (1895)
By Henry Ossawa Tanner
Oases in the Garden State.
Homes, even, of fresh and saltwater Life.
They offer refuge.
And renewal.
“Marshes in New Jersey”
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Gift of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred T. Morris, Jr.
Music is “Quiet Reverie”
By Universfield.
Presented by Clay Track Press.
Literary fiction. Quietly.
“Basket of Plums” (1769)
By Anne Vallayer-Coster
Colors.
Our county’s fields
have turned and are those
of the crusty cakes.
Our trees are ripening to
those of the basketed fruit.
Magnifique.
“Basket of Plums”
is through the courtesy of
Cleveland Museum of Art
in Cleveland, OH.
Music is “The Pupa”
By SHIOU-SHIEN YEH.
Presented by Clay Track Press.
Literary fiction. Quietly.
“Lighthouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on Lake Erie” (c. 1839–41) Pierre Eugène Aubert
Turbulence, whether created or received . . .
. . . Mild or extreme . . .
. . . Comes with a beacon.
If prepared to search for it.
“Lighthouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on Lake Erie”
is through the courtesy of
Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, OH.
Music is “The Pupa” By SHIOU-SHIEN YEH.
Presented by Clay Track Press.
Literary fiction. Quietly.
“Pompton Plains, New Jersey” (1867)
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Near the Pompton River,
distracted by colors,
a battle still rages.
The blistering heat of
Summers parches the
soil and splits it apart.
And the chill of Mr.
Cropsey’s Autumns
further cracks the land.
Will it heal?
“Pompton Plains, New Jersey” is through the courtesy of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Music is “The Pupa” By SHIOU-SHIEN YEH.
Presented by Clay Track Press.
Literary fiction. Quietly.
“Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset” (1904)
Claude Monet
The afternoon is ending, and the bridge is looming. Is this a return home?
A crossing toward opportunities?
A reminder of a past left behind?
Or, perhaps all three.
“Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset” is through the courtesy of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Music is “The Pupa” By SHIOU-SHIEN YEH.
Presented by Clay Track Press.
Literary fiction. Quietly.
A walk through “Mortlake Terrace” in 1827 By J.M.W. Turner
The afternoon sun, sinking into the West, colors and shades the Thames and its banks.
Backs and oars power hulls and working vessels through the water.
The Lord Mayor’s barge –
decorated and ceremonial – is the center of the procession.
The moment’s calm, with its yellows, reds, browns, and greys, is offered.
This is the quiet of Turner’s “Mortlake Terrace” (1827).
“Mortlake Terrace” is through the courtesy of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Music is “Serendipity” By Victory Olympia Day.
Presented by Clay Track Press.
Literary fiction. Quietly.
