Tis Centuries Photograph by Cheri Randolph

'Tis Centuries

by Cheri Randolph

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Title

'Tis Centuries

Artist

Cheri Randolph

Medium

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Description

Because I could not stop for Death
~Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me -
The Carriage held but just Ourselves -
And Immortality.

We slowly drove - He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility -

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess - in the Ring -
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain -
We passed the Setting Sun -

Or rather - He passed Us -
The Dews drew quivering and chill -
For only Gossamer, my Gown -
My Tippet - only Tulle -

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground -
The Roof was scarcely visible -
The Cornice - in the Ground -

Since then - 'tis Centuries - and yet
Feels shorter than Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were towards Eternity -

This centuries old burying ground is on the windswept island of Inisheer, the smallest of the Irish Aran Islands.

The image has been processed utilizing a watercolor filter and will be more effectively reproduced on watercolor or Somerset Velvet paper.