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Jonathan Witte
Poems
Oct 2018
Whippoorwill Ekphrastic
(after Edward Hopperโs Cape Cod Evening)
The light is everything;
it makes a godly sound
spilling through
the locust grove,
washing over
uncut grass,
negating
shadows,
baptizing husband
and wife in oblivion.
Melancholy blinks
like the black eye
of a whippoorwill.
Who catches the
notes of its song?
Only the dog.
Dusk, patient
as a chrysalis.
They canโt hear
the transmutation
yet, but they will.
Here's a link to the painting, in case you want to check it out: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/cape-cod-evening/ewFLmeFJKhHIWg?hl=en
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