“EDWARD HOPPER*” – Brice Maiurro
“Nighthawks“ (1942)
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here‘s another gem from Brice Maiurro, of which
there are many, too many to daily share, I’d
sound like too much of an addled fan, or worse,
an unbridled sycophant, though soon that might
be already too late
I’ll commend you rather to his rich and growing
website, FLASHLIGHT CITY BLUES, ardently
the following poem ‘s to do with Edward Hopper,
remember Edward Hopper, for the sake of, nudge,
nudge, always revelatory comparison
“EDWARD HOPPER*” is an ekphrastic poem
ekphrasis is poetry about art,
that’s where I got my formal start,
my poetry is still trying to sprout
wings under my perhaps too literal prose
Richard
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*based on the notes of American artist Edward Hopper and his wife Jo
Night
+ brilliant interior of
cheap restaurant.
Bright items:
cherry wood counter
+ tops of surrounding
stools; light on metal tanks
at rear right;
brilliant streak
of jade green tiles
3/4 across canvas-
at base of glass
window
curving around the
corner.
Light walls,
dull
yellow
ocre
door
into kitchen right.
Very good looking
blond boy
in white (coat, cap)
inside counter.
Girl in red blouse,
brown hair
eating sandwich.
Man night hawk
(beak)
in dark suit,
steel grey hat,
black band,
blue shirt (clean)
holding cigarette.
Other figure
dark
sinister
back-
at left.
Light side walk
outside
pale greenish.
Darkish red brick
house opposite.
Sign across
top of restaurant,
dark-
Phillies 5c cigar.
Picture of cigar.
Outside of shop dark,
green.
Note:
bit of bright
ceiling
inside shop
against dark of
outside street
-at edge
of stretch
of top
of window.
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