Cezanne's Ports Poem by Allen Ginsberg

Cezanne's Ports

Rating: 2.8


In the foreground we see time and life
swept in a race
toward the left hand side of the picture
where shore meets shore.

But that meeting place
isn't represented;
it doesn't occur on the canvas.

For the other side of the bay
is Heaven and Eternity,
with a bleak white haze over its mountains.

And the immense water of L'Estaque is a go-between
for minute rowboats.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Antony Theodore 18 May 2020

But that meeting place isn't represented; it doesn't occur on the canvas. a good poem. tony

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Michael Walker 27 July 2019

Far more than a mere description of Cezanne's painting. Brilliant poem.

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