Inspired by Dorothea Lange's "The Road West, New Mexico, 1938."

Ms. Haiku
Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
edited March 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
http://www.morehousegallery.com/images/inventory/300/lange%20d%2000009.jpg

I've seen this picture before, but when I just viewed it, I instantly thought of the Pearl Jam song, "The Long Road." Here are my stream of consciousness words:


Does it end?
A hot day
with the dust climbing
past my ankle
and the heat
skimming down my skin.

Would the glare behind a
windshield wiper
cut through this precious air
without corners?

Is speed faster than
a thought towards
the next step?


Actually, it makes you wonder if Pearl Jam are Dorothea Lange enthusiasts. Geez Louize the songs and photographs seem to go together without too much force.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    The photo on the back cover of PJ's "Merkinball", on which the original "Long Road" features, looks similar, but I think Jeff took it. Having said that, the photo is very similar to Lange's, not just because it photographs a long road (obviously) but in its treatment of composition and tone.

    Good ideas, Bibliobella! :)

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