Random Noodling: Ekphrastic April, Day 5: "The Open Door"

April 5, 2018

Ekphrastic April, Day 5: "The Open Door"

"The Open Door" (circa 1913) by Helen Galloway McNicoll [1879-1915].

long winter

spring finally
arrives in a rush

every pore
of her body absorbs
the April light

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

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Mary LeeApril 5, 2018 at 6:51 AM
Nothing says spring like forsythia! (I'm wondering if the painter caught her just before a sneeze!!)
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Irene LathamApril 5, 2018 at 10:48 AM
Such a nice moment to capture in a poem... I love throwing open the door in April. Thank you. xo
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jamaApril 5, 2018 at 11:02 AM
Simply lovely!
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Interesting Idea

I don’t use the term as an insult — the American idiot. I mean it in a precise way, as I try to remind people. For the Greeks, "idiot" carried a precise and special meaning. The person who was only interested in private life, private gain, private advantage. Who had no conception of a public good, common wealth, shared interest. To the Greeks, the pioneers of democracy, the creators of the demos, such a person was the most contemptible of all. Because even the Greeks seemed to understand: you can’t make a functioning democracy out of...idiots.

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April 5, 2018

Ekphrastic April, Day 5: "The Open Door"

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