Crossing

Welcome to the second edition of Poetry and Paintings!

I am excited to share this adventure with you!  I continue to receive wonderful responses to the idea. Many have submitted photos that they have taken, while some have sent poems and sayings that they have written themselves or that have certain meaning to their lives.  

For this second blog I have selected a poem by Archibald MacLeish submitted by Phillip Carl, a creative writer in his own right. MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and Librarian of Congress who received three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. 

Crossing

At five precisely in the afternoon

The dining car cook on the Boston and Albany

Through train to somewhere leaned and waved

At the little girl on the crossing at Ghent, New York---

The one with the doll carriage.

Who understood it best?

She, going home to her supper, telling her Pa?

The Negro cook, shutting the vestibule window,

Thinking: She waved right back she did? Or I,

Writing it down and wondering as I write it

Why a forgotten touch of human grace

Is more alive forgotten than its memory

Pressed between two pages in this place?

My painted response to this poem....is based on a photo I took during a recent visit to Lugano, Switzerland. I was struck by the pensive look on the gentleman's face and his posture. What was he pondering? Interestingly,  I added another layer to this story by observing HIM! And yes, he was decked out in green and white!

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In the following section, I hope that you will add personal comments and links to your own images related to this posting. I would like to make this creatively interactive!