Siderium Exaltatum (Starry Venusweed)
1997
Oil on canvas
38 x 51 in.
by Rosanna Warren
Tapering to char
the wicks seek consummation
beyond the body:
one roused from ovaries of light,
one from a dying star.
the wicks seek consummation
beyond the body:
one roused from ovaries of light,
one from a dying star.
This poem was written to title and accompany the painting in the book
Another Language of Flowers (New York: George Braziller 1998).
J. D. McClatchy recorded a reading of this poem on April 17, 2015 (see below)
