Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POEM FOR PICTURE: TO A PORTRAIT BY EDWARD STEICHEN (RACHMANINOFF), by FRANK ANKENBRAND JR. First Line: Deep music comes Last Line: Hands have known. Subject(s): Photography & Photographers; Portraits; Rachmaninoff, Sergey (1873-1943); Steichen, Edward (1879-1973) | ||||||||
Deep music comes In waves unending From this portrait By the Rembrandt of the lenses. The bright black notes Of the two deep eyes Leap to the forehead, And upon the score-lines, That time and character have drawn, Play music, that the haloed Hands have known. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LYNCHED by FRANK ANKENBRAND JR. POEM FOR PICTURE: TO A DRAWING OF A HORSE BY GEORGIO DI CHIRICO by FRANK ANKENBRAND JR. POEM FOR PICTURE: TO AN OIL PAINTING BY WINSLOW HOMER (DRIFTWOOD) by FRANK ANKENBRAND JR. REGARDING CHAINSAWS by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE STORY OF THE END OF THE STORY by JAMES GALVIN THE PASSING OF THE EX-SLAVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IMITATION OF POPE: A COMPLIMENT TO THE LADIES by WILLIAM BLAKE WHO WALKS WITH BEAUTY by DAVID MORTON MUSIC IN THE NIGHT by HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD IN MEMORY OF GENERAL GRANT by HENRY ABBEY |
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