
House to House
House to House
Poems, like doctors. Like
postmen, ordeals. Like
the sun setting onto the slate, making
an artistic catastrophe out
of the end of an ordinary day.
Ooh, we say, as the violence
sinks into space, mouth agape.
Gods, like sobs in prayers – so
many of us calling out at once
we have to learn to share. Like
the moths of the suburbs going
from porch to porch
in jilted swarms.
Remember how
every summer night
as the lights went out
they made their rounds, wearing
their tattered hospital gowns ?
Laura Kasischke, Where now. New and selected poems, « House to house ». 2017
La photo est de Todd Hido, photographe américain. Elle se trouve dans le livre Intimate distance, qui propose une rétrospective d’une bonne partie de sa carrière. Des paysages urbains, des portraits, des intérieurs, des routes désertes. Des photos au caractère parfois pictural, qui révèlent l’étrangeté du quotidien et le mystère d’une intimité qui échappe toujours.
Un interview et d’autres photos de Todd Hido en suivant ce lien :
https://www.artistikrezo.com/art/todd-hido-light-from-within-une-conversation-dans-la-nuit.html