Sunday, October 18, 2020

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

“Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" (c. 1818) by Caspar David Friedrich. One of my favorite oil paintings. From Wikipedia: “He looks down on an almost impenetrable sea of fog in the midst of a rocky landscape - a metaphor for life as an ominous journey into the unknown.” This iconic image is one of the inspirations for the latest series of poems that I’ve written, that will be appearing at the Close to The Bone webzine October 31st.

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4 comments:

  1. Prashant C. TrikannadOctober 18, 2020 at 11:00 AM

    David, I look forward to reading your poetry. I was reading some of Nobel Laureate Louise Glück's poems online and found that she wrote in stanzas of four, three and two lines in one poem. I wonder if this style is called free verse poem.

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  2. David CranmerOctober 18, 2020 at 2:06 PM

    Thanks in advance for reading, Prashant. And free verse usually means no fixed meter or rhyme.

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  3. pattinase (abbott)October 19, 2020 at 8:41 AM

    Looks like a cover for Wuthering Heights. So evocative.

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  4. David CranmerOctober 19, 2020 at 4:53 PM

    Interestingly enough, Patti, that painting has been on more than one cover. Perhaps, if I remember correctly, a horror collection.

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