Grahams Poem on Klimts Paint

With the recent class discussion on ekphrastic, there is nothing better to describe the term with then the poem written by Jorie Graham “Two Paintings by Gustav Klimt”. Even looking at the title alone the reader apprehends that this poem (which is one piece of art) is going to describe paintings (which are another piece of art). The poem in some ways comes to me with confusion, for the poem appears to be describing the first photo shown above, if not mistaken entitled "Birches". The painting I found to be very transcendent, and when gazed upon, I found myself becoming lost. It is a very deep image and seemingly, feels never ending. Graham elucidates in the first two stanzas that the imagine represents a dreary vicinity. However, he goes on to affirm that “The dead would give anything, I’m sure, to step again onto the leafrot” (Lines 14-18). The second half of the poem was hard to find an image on. However, the second image posted at the top comes very close. Showing some scrutiny for this photo as well, I fell into a wayward mindset. The conceptual grasp the portrait gave me had me staring at it for some time. I really admired the second painting a lot, but mostly I adored the way Klimt articulates his art work. Nevertheless, the uses of ekphrastic by Graham to describe these paintings by Klimt are extravagant and unique.

"One Train May Hide Another" Read by Kenneth Koch

Kenneth Koch did a fascinating job delivering the poem “One Train May Hide Another”. The entitled poem signifies that we should not rush through life. We should slow down and see what we are missing because there are a lot of beautiful things out there in the world to discover. The tone of the poem, perhaps the tone that Kenneth Koch uses while he conceives this poem aloud is reposing. He read without any hastiness, and it went along well with them poem. Kenneth Koch read the poem in such a manner that you can apprehend and truly admire every single line of the poem. New York School poets seemed to bring much more to poetry then just words. They brought the adventure of the big city itself into each poem they wrote, and we all know how much life New York City has. They were very intelligent in what they did and Kenneth Koch’s reading of “One Train May Hide Another” was a reflection of how creative and passionate the NYS poets really were.