Resurrection After Stanley Spencer, `The Resurrection: Reunion of Families’ And suddenly they are streaming back from the dead, unburying themselves, their tombstones mere props for gossip now the final day has come. Only this is not the last day, but the first of an eternal summer where loss turns back into desire, for … Continue reading Two poems by Rosie Jackson
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‘Three Young Surrealist Women Holding in their Arms the Skins of an Orchestra’ by Geraldine Clarkson
Three Young Surrealist Women Holding in their Arms the Skins of an Orchestra (Dali, 1936) Having always used her music as a tool, a gift to stifle hurt in others, a niche into which she could stuff pansies or wallflowers, a grey to be drenched with peony or tangerine, she became pliable, perfectly responsive to … Continue reading ‘Three Young Surrealist Women Holding in their Arms the Skins of an Orchestra’ by Geraldine Clarkson
‘Vermeer’s Milk Maid’ by Esther Morgan
Vermeer's Milk Maid I want to steal this picture - the stillness of the girl's averted face as she concentrates on a ribbon of milk, oblivious of my presence. This is a moment of balance, like the rounded belly of the pitcher hefted in her palm, the endless shift of weight from vessel to vessel. … Continue reading ‘Vermeer’s Milk Maid’ by Esther Morgan
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