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Sunday 12 June 2016

House Shopping (Josephine Miles: $7,500)

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Oregon City | by austin granger

Oregon City: photo by Austin Granger, 30 May 2016

Josephine Miles: $7,500

I cannot tell you what a bargain this is,
Built at a cost of seven thousand, selling
For seven five, and all the utilities
                              In, and trees.

Landscaped front and back, strings up for lawn,
Tiles, wrought-iron fixtures, entrance hall
With an echo, echo, echo, beamed ceiling
                             And a Southern feeling.

Marvelous in this spring month, in this empty field,
Out of the already forgotten hammers, hands compressed,
So like a snowdrop sprung, white, delicate, and new,
                            With mountain view.

Josephine Miles (1911-1985): $7,500 from Lines at Intersection, 1939, in Collected Poems: 1930-83


There's got to be an end | by QsySue

There's got to be an end (possibly Beryl, Utah): photo by QsySue, 8 June 2016

There's got to be an end | by QsySue

There's got to be an end (possibly Beryl, Utah): photo by QsySue, 8 June 2016
 
There's got to be an end | by QsySue

There's got to be an end (possibly Beryl, Utah): photo by QsySue, 8 June 2016

Light leak bird | by QsySue

Light leak bird: photo by QsySue, 31 May 2016

Ralston diptych | by efo

Ralston diptych (Adams, Washington): photo by efo, 29 May 2016

Ralston diptych | by efo

Ralston diptych (Adams, Washington): photo by efo, 29 May 2016

Ralston diptych | by efo

Ralston diptych (Adams, Washington): photo by efo, 29 May 2016

Anderson's Grocery Nº 2 | by efo

Anderson's Grocery No. 2 (Montebello, Virginia): photo by efo, 11 June 2016

Anderson's Grocery Nº 2 | by efo

Anderson's Grocery No. 2 (Montebello, Virginia): photo by efo, 11 June 2016

Anderson's Grocery Nº 2 | by efo

Anderson's Grocery No. 2 (Montebello, Virginia): photo by efo, 11 June 2016

A-frame | by efo

A-frame (Benton, Washington): photo by efo, 8 June 2016

Orange stand | by efo

Orange stand  (Williams, California): photo by efo, 18 May 2016

Small dress | by efo

Small dress (Childress, Texas): photo by efo, 12 May 2016

Orick | by efo

Orick (Orick, California): photo by efo, 17 May 2016

Street Art | by New Paltz Camera Company

Street Art. Beacon, New York.: photo by Bob Esposito, 8 May 2016

that quiet space left behind | by QsySue

that quiet space left behind (Las Vegas, Nevada): photo by QsySue, 26 September 2013

that quiet space left behind | by QsySue

that quiet space left behind (Las Vegas, Nevada): photo by QsySue, 26 September 2013

that quiet space left behind | by QsySue

that quiet space left behind (Las Vegas, Nevada): photo by QsySue, 26 September 2013

Hidden Valley | by QsySue

Hidden Valley. Nevada.: photo by QsySue, 28 January 2016

Hidden Valley | by QsySue

Hidden Valley. Nevada.: photo by QsySue, 28 January 2016

Hidden Valley | by QsySue

Hidden Valley. Nevada.: photo by QsySue, 28 January 2016

Marvelous in this spring month, in this empty field


Go Home | by New Paltz Camera Company

Go Home. Beacon, New York.: photo by Bob Esposito, 10 June 2016

Go Home | by New Paltz Camera Company

Go Home. Beacon, New York.: photo by Bob Esposito, 10 June 2016

Go Home | by New Paltz Camera Company

Go Home. Beacon, New York.: photo by Bob Esposito, 10 June 2016
 
Portland | by austin granger

Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 30 May 2016

Oregon City | by austin granger

Oregon City: photo by Austin Granger, 28 May 2016

2 comments:

tpw said...

I love that poem! Transforming sales talk into a work of such delicate wit and beauty.

TC said...

Thanks Terry. Yes, subtly prescient genius, she was.