Poetry News

Art by Baudelaire, Lorca, and More.

By Harriet Staff

It’s always fun to see writers dabbling in other art forms. A few weeks ago we featured sketches by Sylvia Plath, then we reported on Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the painter. Today, Salon posted a collection of art by many of our favorite poets. There’s a self-portrait by Charles Baudelaire, a painting by e.e. cummmings (featured above), and some lovely doodles by Federíco Garcia Lorca. We also learn that Dylan Thomas was right to focus on poetry:

Discovered at Salon, but here’s the original post at Imprint.

Posted in Poetry News on Thursday, July 5th, 2012 by Harriet Staff.