longing to be born

Dorothea Lange, Drought-abandoned house on the edge of the Great Plains. Hollis, Oklahoma (c. 1938)

Robert Adams, Nebraska State Highway 2. Box Butte County, Nebraska (c. 1978)

Mary Oliver, “The Ponds”

Dorothea Lange, Close-up view of abandoned dry land farmhouse in Columbia Basin. Washington, Grant County, one mile east of Quincy (c. 1939)

Dorothea Lange, On U.S. 99. Benton County, Oregon, Williamette Valley (c. 1939)

Jim Harrison, The English Major

Arthur Rothstein, Pitching horseshoes at the Resettlement Administration camp. Madras, Oregon (c. 1936)

Dorothea Lange, Bindles on shady side of Pastime Cafe. Tulelake, California (c. 1939)

Mary Oliver, "Such Silence"

Dorothea Lange. Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana (c. 1937)

Dorothea Lange, Corner of Roberts' one-room basement dugout. Malheur County, Oregon (c. 1939)

Walt Whitman, “A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads”

Dorothea Lange, The postmaster's seat. Finlay, Texas (c. 1937)

Dorothea Lange, Abandoned farm on the high plains. Oklahoma (c. 1938)

Mary Oliver, "Swimming, One Day in August"

Dorothea Lange, On abandoned farm in Columbia Basin. Washington, Grant County, one mile east of Quincy (c. 1939)

Dorothea Lange. Northwestern Arkansas (c. 1938)