to stone and gravity.
Placed at the window
its sheen
reflects three walls
while the whole day
crosses its back.
This is the thing
I want to take home.
Its silence held
like a small
explosion.
Constantin Brancusi (Rumanian, 1876-1957)
Maiastra, 1912-13; bronze
24 inches high, stone base II 7/8 inches high
Gift of John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles, 1960.22
***This poem is from A Poetry Anthology ( Edited by Robert Creeley. Edmunsson Art Foundation,1992) All Rights Reseved. Used with permission by Edmundson Art Foudation, 2002
