“In My Room”   Photograph by Saul Leiter.

 

 

Your bra & panties

hanging on the door—

Do Not Disturb

 

 

 

Joao Gilberto “Outra Vez” (Tr: Another Time)

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Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Poem by George Held, Poetry on Blogfinger | Tagged George Held poet, Haiku by George Held | 5 Comments

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1. on October 3, 2018 at 5:49 pm Wisher

   Beauty, in all its forms of fun and fashion, must be explicitly celebrated.

   As a gay man, I went through sex-shaming, and it had a worse effect than the imagery and ideas itself. But sexual imagery enhances life, and hurts no one, and it is time to celebrate what even the beautiful work so diligently to project and enhance.

   Who are we to deny them that? As long as no harm no foul, it is to be appreciated, as a truly medicinal segue into health and happiness.

   
   
2. on September 24, 2018 at 7:58 pm RSS

   I enjoy these Haikus very much, please keep them coming!

   
   
3. on September 24, 2018 at 1:19 pm Paul Goldfinger @Blogfinger.

   The photographer of this image, called a “girlie photo” by Diane, is Saul Leiter (1923-2013). He is known mainly for black and white street photography, but his sensitive images of women, often posing nude, and many of whom he knew personally, are found in an art book published this year called “In My Room.” That is the third of 3 such collections of his work appearing recently.

   This month Photograph magazine posted a lead editorial on Saul Leiter’s work, and they used the image (erotic, but not a nude) which we borrowed for our George Held poem.

   Leiter joins a prestigious group of artists known for photographing the female nude including Helmut Newton, Jan Saudek, Ruth Bernhard, Annie Leibovitz, and Robert Weston, among a long list of others.

   Diane ought to learn how to spell 4 letter words before she dabbles in art criticism.

   
   
4. on September 24, 2018 at 10:54 am Diane

   “Looks like we never here the end of ‘Haiku’ now. Another girlie photo.”

   
   
5. on September 24, 2018 at 9:44 am George Held

   Another time, indeed. Love that samba.