Inspired by James Bartlett Rich

Photograph and Poem

Our final convergence 
May rely 
On horizons that fade 
And belie 
The moment we started 
Distant wide 
We were actually 
Side by side 

James Bartlett Rich
Road through the Wilds of New Jersey from Pemberton to Barnegat, 1927
gelatin silver print
sheet: 5 1⁄8 x 8 1⁄4 in. (13.0 x 21.0 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
1994.91.157