Poetry | July 15, 2014
Poetry Feature: Diane Seuss
Diane Seuss
Featuring the poems:
- Still-Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl (after Rembrandt)
- Still Life after Antonio de Pereda’s The Knight’s Dream
- Still Life after Juan Sánchez Cotán’s Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber
- Still Life after Pieter Claesz’s Vanitas with Violin and Glass Ball
- The Last Still Life, after Peter Paul Rubens’ The Head of Medusa
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