For Beauty is Infinity
For Beauty is Infinity
The Morning after Woe—
As Nature did not care
Her Victim stared upon
And Birds declaim their Tunes
Did they know they fell
And Beauty an Affliction — then?
Or is Their beauty bold
Estranged from circumstance
Acrylic on marine tech panel (temporary painting), August, 2019
Poem is sampled from three Emily Dickinson works (#364, #1456 and #1474) and is inspired by Lahaina wild fire tragedy; August, 2023