The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake
Thomas Eakins
1873
Cleveland Museum of Art
Thomas Eakins
1873
Cleveland Museum of Art
Collected Poems 12
For Thomas Eakins
A racing scull,
if viewed from afar,
head-on across water
plying upstream
is oars
stretching out over water
reflecting tiny flashes
of wooden sunlight
out from a torsoed form
skimming on water
bending forward and back
again
in constant, measured
rhythmic motion.
For Thomas Eakins
A racing scull,
if viewed from afar,
head-on across water
plying upstream
is oars
stretching out over water
reflecting tiny flashes
of wooden sunlight
out from a torsoed form
skimming on water
bending forward and back
again
in constant, measured
rhythmic motion.