Shadowed velvet and rosy pearls, Mechlin lace in wide-set bands, Heavy neck and florid face, Smoothly sensual hands. Matchless emeralds around the throat, Fingers clustered with showy rings, Flemish figure and bovine gaze, -- The gaze that feeds on things. Hard blue eyes in a hard drab brow, Set with a curious Eastern slant, -- Yes, it's an excellent likeness, that, -- Rembrandt's portrait of my Aunt! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARAGRAPHS: 9 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE SMALL SELF AND THE LIBERAL SELF by JAMES GALVIN THOUGHTS OF A TINY PIG by DAVID IGNATOW STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 1. SEATTLE by CLARENCE MAJOR JOHN WILKES BOOTH AT THE FARM (JANUARY 12, 1848) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO A MAN WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE CROWD by MARIANNE MOORE |