Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
William Carlos Williams
According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring
a farmer was ploughing
his field
the whole pageantry
of the year was
awake tingling
with itself
sweating in the sun
that melted
the wings’ wax
unsignificantly
off the coast
there was
a splash quite unnoticed
this was
Icarus drowning
Pictured is the SWD Big Tee “White Fabric Arc Welding Print”, available at Doshaburi.
Cool tyedye juxtaposed with one of my favorite poems.
A link to the painting is in order here, and Brueghels is cool because he is considered one of the first ‘modern’ artists, and this site is all about the now!:
http://www.gmu.edu/org/naea/IMAGES/Brueghel_Icarus.jpg
Cheers!