A Rhyme A Dozen - Paintings: 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.
01 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Paintings - An Introduction

02 - Portrait d'une Femme by Ezra Pound

03 - Botticlelli’s Madonna in the Louvre by Edith Wharton

04 - To a Beautiful Female Portrait by Henry Alford

05 - Before a Painting by James Weldon Johnson

06 - The Portrait by Ford Madox Ford

07 - Her Portrait Immortal by Richard Le Gallienne

08 - On a Portrait of Dante by Giotto by James Russell Lowell

09 - Sonnet 83 - I Never Saw That You Did Painting Need by William Shakespeare

10 - An Inscription for Zheng Shujin's Painting by Qiu Jin

11 - I Would Not Paint a Picture by Emily Dickinson

12 - To the Painter, To Draw Him a Picture by Robert Herrick

13 - To the Painter of an Ill Drawn Picture of Cleone by Anne Kingsmill-Finch