poemimage.“How goes the night, boy?…” by Michael Hartnett

An image within a poem will grab me and set off a trail of associations which I 'document' by manipulating one of my ink drawings into multiple variations. I like to explore that space where text and image intersect. All images copyright Steven McCabe.

 Michael Hartnett (1941-1999) is an award winning poet from County Limerick, Ireland. Poem courtesy of Niall Hartnett.

She was my three-years child,
Her honey hair, her eyes
Small ovals of thrush-eggs.

How goes the night, boy?
It is late: lace
At the window
Blows back in the wind.