Pictor mysteriosa (Burnt Umbrage)
1997
Oil on canvas
38 x 51 in.
by Adrienne Rich
Pistil, stamen and bract
but never abstract:
the flower becomes the eye
we see her by.
This poem was written to title and accompany the painting in the book but never abstract:
the flower becomes the eye
we see her by.
Another Language of Flowers (New York: George Braziller 1998).
J. D. McClatchy recorded a reading of this poem on April 17, 2015 (see below).
