A Street, by Courtney O'Banion Smith

A Street, by Georgia O'Keeffe (USA). 1926.

​A Street (1926)

There is no horizon on
the streets of New York
City. Open space lives up.

It's so scarce there, even air
has a price. O'Keeffe's
version of a street: skyscrapers,

brown and windowless on each
side, trap the pale sky,
darker the farther eyes go

down. Unlit solitary
street lamp waits, focal
point. Sunrise or sunset, she

knew how the buildings' shadows
dictate lives, warp our
perceptions of space and time.
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Courtney O'Banion Smith

Courtney O'Banion Smith teaches, writes, and attempts to raise her two boys in Houston. Her work has appeared in several publications including Southwestern American Literature, alba, and a recent featured guest post for the Writer's Digest poetry blog, Poetic Asides. Her chapbook of poems, Abundance, (Domino Dog Press) was released in March, 2018.