Jesse Paris Smith

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April for the Earth and the Words

Kindness and Cruelty in Perfect Harmony

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Jesse Paris Smith
Apr 17, 2024
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Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio at the Morgan Library & Museum

“April is the cruelest month, breeding

lilacs out of the dead land, mixing

memory and desire, stirring

dull roots with spring rain.

Winter kept us warm, covering

Earth in forgetful snow, feeding

A little life with dried tubers…..”

T.S. Eliot, from The Waste Land

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