September 21, 2012GhostMark E. Hayes

best-known among                              all the work
the flowers close                              vulvate intimate
harmonious                              arrangement of
color line                             and light and
dark this last                  something known
by the Japanese           as notan you
will have to              look it up I’m
afraid Georgia  O’Keefe spent
time in many states Wisconsin
New York Illinois Virginia
South Carolina Texas
New Mexico Ghost Ranch
with Stieglitz        taking photos
of his homely            brilliant wife
such attention               from him to her
such attention                  of hers on herself
the flower open                  peering out at her
the heart of her                      now posters and
screensavers and                        mousepads and
t-shirts and adorning                    every third
dormitory room and                         every tenth
sunny breakfast nook                          what would she
think she who longed                              for ever starker
landscapes ever more                                  open spaces