Interior - Dorothy Parker, 1928

Her mind lives in a quiet room,
A narrow room, and tall,
With pretty lamps to quench the gloom
And mottoes on the wall.

There all the things are waxen neat
And set in decorous lines;
And there are posies, round and sweet,
And little, straightened vines.

Her mind lives tidily, apart
From cold and noise and pain,
And bolts the door against her heart,
Out wailing in the rain.

Automat by Edward Hopper, 1927; Des Moines Art Center

Comments

[Christy]

I love Edward Hopper...hands down my favorite artist of all time.

[Meghan @ Out of Order]

wow what an amazing poem. I'm really more of a prose person, but this is just beautiful and slightly chilling at the same time. Lovely painting to match!