"Temporary Tenants" poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Temporary Tenants

 

The sea the sea the great maw the final maw

mother of us all father of us all

Where we come from

Where we go from

 

Sea sea lapping forever

on our shores

on its shores

lent to us by the sea

for this fleeting moment in eternity

 

O we are but sand flies

that live for a day and die

on these fair beaches

on these far reaches

which the sea will soon take back from us

Temporary tenants

with no lease upon the land!

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

(courtesy of the author) 

 

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Responses from the artists

The artworks are listed in order of arrival

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(copyright Alan Kent)
(copyright Alan Kent)

 

 "Born from the Sea" by Alan Kent Chávez Chávez, Trujillo, Peru

 

http://www.alankent.info/

 

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(copyright Jon Baird)
(copyright Jon Baird)

"Coral Sea Light" by Jon Baird, Queensland, Australia

 

http://www.jonbaird.com/

 

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(copyright ILham Mahfouz)
(copyright ILham Mahfouz)

"Summer Breeze" by ILham Mahfouz, Syria/U.S.A.

 

http://www.artistilhambadreddinemahfouz.com/

 

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(copyright Vitor Mohinos)
(copyright Vitor Mohinos)

"Bailado" by Vitor Mohinos, Lisbon, Portugal

 

 http://www.vitormoinhos.com/

 

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(copyright Jacky Phaengtho)
(copyright Jacky Phaengtho)

"Low Tide" by Jacky Phaengtho, Thailand

 

 http://www.artjacky.com/gallery/Gallery/HomePage

 

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(copyright Alan Hogan)
(copyright Alan Hogan)

"Sunset at Sea" by Alan Hogan, Karjaa, Finland. 


http://www.alanhogano.webs.com/

 

 

(copyright Joseph Solivan)
(copyright Joseph Solivan)

A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" - poem  by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

 

Artist: Joseph Solivan, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

 

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(copyright Alix)
(copyright Alix)

"La naufragée de la pleine lune" by Alix, France

 

http://www.alix-arts.com

 

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(copyright Octavian  Florescu)
(copyright Octavian Florescu)

"Universe's Echo"  by Octavian Florescu, Romania

 

http://www.florescugallery.com/

 

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(copyright Aleko Batashvili)
(copyright Aleko Batashvili)

A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" - poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

 

Artist: Aleko Batashvili, Tbilisi, Georgia

 

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/aleko1/

 

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(copyright Tamara Valdovino)
(copyright Tamara Valdovino)

"The moon and the sea" by Tamara Valdovino, Chile

 

http://www.artmajeur.com/tamaravaldovino

 

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(copyright Mia Barkan Clarke)
(copyright Mia Barkan Clarke)

"D'EAU FRAÎCHE"  Vibe Series, acrylic on canvas by Mia Barkan Clarke, New York, U.S.A.

 

http://www.miaart.com/

 

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(copyright Li Zhien)
(copyright Li Zhien)

A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Artist:  Li Zhien, Dalian, China

 

http://www.saatchionline.com/Lizhien

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(copyright Helina Million)
(copyright Helina Million)

"Beyond" by Helina Million, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

 

http://www.artbreak.com/Helina

 

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(copyright Gertrud Louise Sørensen and Bent Olle Sørensen)
(copyright Gertrud Louise Sørensen and Bent Olle Sørensen)

 

"Ships at sea" by Gertrud Louise Sørensen and Bent Olle Sørensen, Denmark

 

http://www.gertrudsorensen.com/

 

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(copyright Sirpa Mononen)
(copyright Sirpa Mononen)

"The great movement" by Sirpa Mononen, Switzerland

 

 

http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/196892

 

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(copyright Jong-o Park)
(copyright Jong-o Park)

A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Artist: Jong-o Park, South Korea

 

http://www.artbreak.com/thedeep5/show/3

 

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(copyright Janet Morgan)
(copyright Janet Morgan)

"Jump up" by Janet Morgan, Brooklyn - N.Y., U.S.A.

 

 

http://janetmorgan.net/

 

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(copyright Sylvia Adjabroux)
(copyright Sylvia Adjabroux)

"SOS dolphins" by Sylvia Adjabroux, Bordeaux, France

 

http://www.sylvieadjabroux.com/

 

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(copyright Cecilia Czech)
(copyright Cecilia Czech)

"Girl on the shore" by Cecilia Czech, Namibia

 

http://www.artbreak.com/cili

 

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(copyright Loi Duc Nguyen)
(copyright Loi Duc Nguyen)

"War After War" by Loi Duc Nguyen, Hanoi, Vietnam

courtesy of Mr. Michael Burcharth  of Funk Art Gallery (Denmark) 

http://www.funk-art.dk/

 

 

http://ducloiart.com/

 

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(copyright Kulsimran)
(copyright Kulsimran)

"Pulau Kapas (Kapas Island)" by Kulsimran, Malaysia

 

http://www.artbreak.com/Kulsimran

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(copyright Adel Gorgy)
(copyright Adel Gorgy)

"The Sea" by Adel Gorgy, Long Island, U.S.A.

 

http://adelgorgy.com/

 

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(copyright Marsha Solomon)
(copyright Marsha Solomon)

"Ocean Dreams" by Marsha Solomon, Long Island, U.S.A.

 

http://www.marshasolomon.com/index.html

 

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(copyright Raymundo Garza)
(copyright Raymundo Garza)

"Un Imperio sin Futuro" by Raymundo Garza, Monterrey, Mexico

 

http://raymundogarza.blogspot.it/

 

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(copyright Alejandra Miranda)
(copyright Alejandra Miranda)

"Temporary tenants"

Digital art

3543 x 5906 píxeles, 300 ppi, 2013

Alejandra Miranda, Argentina

 

 

www.alejandramiranda.com.ar

 

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(copyright Mirek Antoniewicz)
(copyright Mirek Antoniewicz)

"Temporary Tenants" by Mirek Antoniewicz, Poland

 

http://mirekantoniewicz.webs.com/aboutmyart.htm

 

 

About my works :
 
The year is 1959. The Market Square in Wroclaw. A boy feeding pigeons. Overwhelming dullness: grey paving, grey pigeons, people in the street.
A moment captured.
The boy from the photo is present in all the paintings.
Treated like this, he ceases to exist as a pseudo self-portrait of the artist.
Information loses its meaning. The boy becomes a symbol.
The child figure is a point of reference, a record of past experiences, individual desires and expectations, an evocation of choices and limitations bringing back memories.
It is neither a story about the past, nor the artist’s memoir. It is a series of significant sequences; it evokes situations meaningful to the generation of the 1950s.
 
Maria Dziedziniewicz - Art Curator
 
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(copyright Carolyn Mary Kleefeld)
(copyright Carolyn Mary Kleefeld)

"Shores of Poseidon" by Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, Big Sur, USA

 

http://www.carolynmarykleefeld.com/

 

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(copyright Gopakumar R)
(copyright Gopakumar R)

"Aham" by Gopakumar R, Bahrain - India

 

http://www.gopakumarartgallery.com/

 

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(copyright Maria Marachowska)
(copyright Maria Marachowska)

''Temporary Tenants" by Maria Marachowska, Siberia / Germany

(acrylics, canvas board 40 x 60 - 2013)

 

http://www.marachowska.com/

 

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(copiright Iris Weirich)
(copiright Iris Weirich)

"Temporary Tenants" by Iris Weirich, Austria / Germany

(digital photo art)

 

http://www.photo-fiction.com/

 

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(copyright Andre Schreuder )
(copyright Andre Schreuder )

A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

 

Artist: Andre Schreuder, Netherlands

 

http://www.schreuder-art.nl/About%20Andre

 

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(copyright Uli Ostermann)
(copyright Uli Ostermann)

"Looking for Sand Dollars"  by Uli Ostermann, Canada

 

...The beach walk invites to enter an imagined airy and welcoming space of inspiration and acceptance, an ongoing process of coming and going, nothing stands still.

 

http://www.uliostermann.com/

 

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(copyright Funtears)
(copyright Funtears)

"Us flying as Angels" by Funtears, Chicago, USA

 

http://funtears1.wix.com/naqeesart

 

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"Journey of the whale" by  ILham Badreddine Mahfouz, Syria / USA

 

http://www.artistilhambadreddinemahfouz.com/

 

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(copyright Damien Blue, Cameroon)
(copyright Damien Blue, Cameroon)

"Sailing with the tide rituals" by Damien Blue, Cameroon

 

http://www.artcameroon.com/new-damien-blue-paintings/

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LbEkU4H37Q

 

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