The Footbridge Issue no. 169 Spring 2004 Facing wisteria, his eyesight dim,Monet painted a footbridge over a pond,dawn, noon, sundown. Seeing only blue,
Repentance of an Art Critic, 1925 Issue no. 158 Spring-Summer 2001 Some learned the palette is the devil's platter,the brush a crucifix: by law, no iconsno graven images "made unto thee."
Two Poems Issue no. 153 Winter 1999 Subject and maker shed their names, and herethe Met displays that multinominal pictureon a brochure: self-portrait of the artist,
American Solitude Issue no. 135 Summer 1995 Hopper never painted this, but hereon a snaky path his vision lingers: Three white tombs, robots with glassed-in faces
Bestiaries Issue no. 131 Summer 1994 Before God created people, he made animals,unnamed and marvelous,