After Years

Today, from a distance, I saw you
walking away, and without a sound
the glittering face of a glacier
slid into the sea. An ancient oak
fell in the Cumberlands, holding only
a handful of leaves, and an old woman
scattering corn to her chickens looked up
for an instant. At the other side
of the galaxy, a star thirty-five times
the size of our own sun exploded
and vanished, leaving a small green spot
on the astronomer's retina
as he stood in the great open dome
of my heart with no one to tell.

Ted Kooser

Rose Hobart, c. 1936
Joseph Cornell

Untitled (Jean with Wire Mesh), 1936
Max Dupain

Lovers, Budapest, 1915
André Kertész

Paris Street, 1960
Imogen Cunningham

U.S. 97, South of Klamath Falls, Oregon, July 21, 1973


Broad Street, Regina, Saskatchewan, August 17, 1974


Trail's End Restaurant, Kanab, Utah, August 10, 1973

Stephen Shore

Untitled
Garry Winogrand

Tampa, Florida, 1970
Lee Friedlander