Ellen Jewett, Petal Deer (2012)

Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, "Durham, Aug. 14, 2017"

Carl Spitzweg, The Book Worm (1850):

Omar Rayo, Ibawabi (1975)

Meseems hath come the time to say

Farewell! Adieu! Good-by! So long!

/fin

Favour, sustention, and advance?

Alack! Alack! and well-a-day!

My case would then be dour and sad,

Likewise distressing, dismal, gray,

Pathetic, mournful, dreary, bad.

Though I could keep this up all day,

This lyric, elegiac, song, /4

I sing, I chant, I worship thee!

How could I manage, live, exist,

Obtain, produce, be real, prevail,

Be present in the flesh, subsist,

Have place, become, breathe or inhale

Without thy help, recruit, support,

Opitulation, furtherance,

Assistance, rescue, aid, resort, /3

Record, submit — yea, even write
An ode, an elegy to bless —
To bless, set store by, celebrate,
Approve, esteem, endow with soul,
Commend, acclaim, appreciate,
Immortalize, laud, praise, extol
Thy merit, goodness, value, worth,
Experience, utility —
O manna, honey, salt of earth, /2

Franklin P. Adams, "To a Thesaurus"

To a Thesaurus
by Franklin P. Adams
O precious codex, volume, tome,
Book, writing, compilation, work,
Attend the while I pen a pome,
A jest, a jape, a quip, a quirk.
For I would pen, engross, indite,
Transcribe, set forth, compose, address, /1

Michael Jackson - Beat It (Official 4K Video) YouTube video by michaeljacksonVEVO

Michael Jackson, Beat It: youtu.be/oRdxUFDoQe0?...

'To be or not to be ' with Benedict Cumberbatch & Prince Charles Shakespeare Live! From the RSC YouTube video by St Virginias

Shakespeare, "To Be Or Not To Be" (RSC): youtu.be/iQULEW2JwHE?...

Busby Berkeley - Kaleidoscopic Dance YouTube video by maldeeni

Busby Berkely, Kaleidescope Dance (1933): youtu.be/ysvQ5MaUbd8?...

Debra Broz, Guardians (Winged Dogs):

Lannie Boesiger, Hawaii Cliffs:

2015 University of Alabama Cheerleaders CO-ED Winning Performance National CheerleadIng Championship YouTube video by Amie Pollard

University of Alabama Cheer Squad (2015): youtu.be/edHPEFff19E?...

Sheikh Hamdullah, Ottoman Calligraphy (15ht-16th cent.):

Dragon Bookshelf [HT: @albin-boot2.bsky.social]:

Jonathan Winters "The Stick" Apr 1964 Jack Paar YouTube video by Aladdinjaz

Johnathan Winters, "The Stick," youtu.be/wwWDa1xPTPA?...

Raymond Chandler: "It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window. She was wearing street clothes that looked black and white, and a hat to match and she was a little haughty, but not too much. Whatever you needed, wherever you happened to be – she had it."

Alfred T. Bricher, Castle Rock, Nahant MA (1877) [HT: https://poemsancientandmodern.substack.com]

Blaine LNU (possibly Mullicannot -- @mullicannot.bsky.social), Ocean Beach CA:

Louis Comfort TIffany, Hair Ornament (1904):

Torre Helea, (San Andres, Mexico):

David Cerny, Man Hanging Out (Prague):

Stefan Sevastre, Composition 2:

Guys and Dolls 1955 Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat YouTube video by nicely D

Stubby Kaye, Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat (Guys & Dolls): youtu.be/nJq7J2uzSlc?...

John Singer Sargent, View of Capri (1878)

La La Land (2016) - A Lovely Night Scene (5/11) | Movieclips YouTube video by Movieclips

Ryan Gosling/Emma Stone, A Lovely Night (LaLa Land): youtu.be/_8w9rOpV3gc?...

Baryshnikov dances Sinatra YouTube video by acquaalta

Baryshnikov/Kundo, Dancing to Sinatra (T. Thwarp, choreographer): youtu.be/_7jj8McPlVY?...

Gorham Sterling Silver, Chantilly Flatware (1895):