Zenithal body

His domain, the light

Still: she makes her way

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

Pane

Not see through, because the thought of seeing through is a vanity. You can see only into. What is permitted you to see is not a bird on the other side of the glass but a bird-form within. At the back of the glass, where the art ends, are only birdless wordless shadow and opaque ne plus ultra of the dark.

Meditation: headgear required, pants optional

Two ways of learning to mean what we see, 2021-1818

The Hawaii bird on the left is a mejro or white-eye, Zosterops japonicus. The bird on the right was observed in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and the observation is annotated, “Jacob Leith, you learned your ABC with diligence and likewise copied the little picture. Made known April 1, 1818.” Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, https://www.incollect.com/articles/a-colorful-folk-pennsylvania-germans-and-the-art-of-everyday-life. Color, contrast and detail restored.

I know I am august

Burden of light

Proof of concept: poets don’t need bras

Vast shadow