Tag: Age
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The old women of Francisco Goya
Time is running out for these two decrepit old crones who clearly have seen better days. In this 1820 painting titled El Tiempo, Francisco Goya shows the figure of Cronos hovering over the two women, ready to sweep them away with a broom into the memory of time. The woman in white, her face…
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Five Untitled Poems
Simon Perchik East Hampton, New York, United States Mark Rothko, No. 61 (Rust and Blue), 1953, 115 cm × 92 cm (45 in × 36 in). Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles * Slowly the glass, half filled, half melting down for a slipper not yet hardened into light is flickering the…
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Immigrants, all
Eric Pfeiffer Tampa, Florida, USA Poet’s statement: I am so lucky. My poems write themselves. I only listen. Immigrants, all Old age was a foreign country when I first came here, another language spoken, and customs hard to understand. But I have learned the language. Sometimes I even dream in my new tongue though…