Birth and Death
by Rebecca Sherman
Title
Birth and Death
Artist
Rebecca Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Skeletal remains of deer on forest floor with wild onions growing nearby in early spring, their juxtaposition a poignant reminder of the circle of life. American Chestnut Land Trust, Port Republic, Maryland.
Birth and death, twin-sister and twin-brother,
Night and day, on all things that draw breath,
Reign, while time keeps friends with one another
Birth and death.
Each brow-bound with flowers diverse of wreath,
Heaven they hail as father, earth as mother,
Faithful found above them and beneath.
Smiles may lighten tears, and tears may smother
Smiles, for all that joy or sorrow saith:
Joy nor sorrow knows not from each other
Birth and death.
Algernon Charles Swinburne, Birth and Death
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April 10th, 2013
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