I AM A PILGRIM

I am a pilgrim and a stranger
Traveling through this wearisome land
I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
And it's not, not made by hand

Note: Yesterday we journeyed through three distinct landscapes the way you do at Christmas, from suburb to city to country. We welcomed and found welcome at each stage. The city situ was very grand, splendid and beautiful, despite the slight, but noticeable, rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic party vibe.

Up all night.  I should think of it as a gift.

Merle Travis: I Am A Pilgrim (Link)

Albert Pinkham Ryder paintings:  Top - Moonlight Marine (1908); Bottom - Christ Appearing To Mary (1885)

The Influence Of Inference

You see here
the influence
of inference

Moon on rippled
Stream

“Except as
and unless”

 

Lorine Niedecker:  From group of eleven poems entitled “HEAR AND SEE” (October 1967).

Upper: Albert Pinkham Ryder, Marine, 1890.

Lower, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Moonlight Marine, 1908.