"Seeing the way through..."

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Connecticut town on the sea. Stonington, Connecticut: photo by Jack Delano, November 1940

Seeing the way through
in channel,

waning whiteness of moon
just beyond the border of the picture

spatial without its being it,
so many dimensions

with something of Japan about them,
sense of relief once you reach

a pass in the mountains,
silver of low sun reflected

in a grain of sand
in the mind's hand.

Main street, Creede, Colorado: photo by Andreas Feininger, December 1942

by Stephen, Billy, Aditya, Elmo & TC

Photos from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress