{"id":557,"date":"2014-10-23T14:32:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T18:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/?p=557"},"modified":"2014-10-23T14:35:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T18:35:37","slug":"creativity-breadcrumb-x-ferlinghettis-final-witching-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2014\/10\/23\/creativity-breadcrumb-x-ferlinghettis-final-witching-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity Breadcrumb 24: Ferlinghetti&#8217;s Final Witching Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_557'] = [\n{id: 559, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/10\/foto-11-.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/10\/foto-11--290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2014\/10\/23\/creativity-breadcrumb-x-ferlinghettis-final-witching-hour\/foto-11\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>foto 11<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2014\/10\/23\/creativity-breadcrumb-x-ferlinghettis-final-witching-hour\/foto-11\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<div id=\"poem-top\" class=\"tab-content active\" style=\"color: #000000\">\n<p><em style=\"color: #555555\">food for creative making, doing, and thinking<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There&#8217;s something about Fall. Maybe it&#8217;s the crumbling of leaves that resonates like restless souls, or the inevitable notion of impermanence: change made visible and inert leaves surrendering to the earth. What do autumn leaves remind you of? In Ferlinghetti&#8217;s poem, <em>Retired Ballerinas, Central Park West,\u00a0<\/em>he thinks of faded playbill photos and the impending dusk. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<h1>Retired Ballerinas, Central Park West<\/h1>\n<h3>by Lawrence Ferlinghetti<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_559\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_557\" data-imgid=\"559\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/10\/foto-11-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559\" class=\"wp-image-559 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/10\/foto-11--300x211.jpg\" alt=\"foto 11\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/10\/foto-11--300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/10\/foto-11--1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/10\/foto-11-.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Sofia Benitez<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"poem\" class=\"tab-content active\" style=\"color: #000000\">\n<div class=\"poem\" style=\"color: #505050\">\n<div>Retired ballerinas on winter afternoons<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 walking their dogs<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in Central Park West<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (or their cats on leashes\u2014<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the cats themselves old highwire artists)<\/div>\n<div>The ballerinas<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 leap and pirouette<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0through Columbus Circle<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0while winos on park benches<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(laid back like drunken Goudonovs)<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hear the taxis trumpet together<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0like horsemen of the apocalypse<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in the dusk of the gods<\/div>\n<div>It is the final witching hour<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 when swains are full of swan songs<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And all return through the dark dusk<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to their bright cells<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in glass highrises<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0or sit down to oval cigarettes and cakes<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in the Russian Tea Room<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or climb four flights to back rooms<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in Westside brownstones<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0where faded playbill photos<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fall peeling from their frames<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 like last year\u2019s autumn leaves<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>food for creative making, doing, and thinking There&#8217;s something about Fall. 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