Ion Corcos, Author at The Hyacinth Review

On Hearing of My Father’s Death

Ion Corcos — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 03:00:00 +0000

The frangipani air is thin with drought and memories of my father.

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Preparing Carrots

Ion Corcos — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000

after Gabriel Metsu’s A Kitchenmaid Preparing Carrots The artist caught you looking at him, your small eyes and thin lips, green apron, and the door behind you, open. A basket on the table, three carrots, one in your hand, a knife, poised, in the other. Fish lie in a pan in front of…

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Grey Paper

Ion Corcos — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 04:00:00 +0000

after a letter (#658) Van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo Thank you, Theo, for the canvas and paints; unfortunately I did not collect them as I had no money to pay for the carriage. I have plans for half a dozen subjects, including a little cottage garden; I sent a drawing of it to…

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Sanctuaries

Ion Corcos — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 04:00:00 +0000

And now, when a cloud is no longer just a cloud, but a sign – of fall in an area, a specific place – what is left is idolatry, the entrancement of myth. As more reeds are burnt, cut down on a lake’s edge, the nests of the coots, moorhens, the mallards, sanctuaries of idle…

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Mojave Desert

Ion Corcos — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 03:00:00 +0000

Tumbleweed rolls over a yellow field, crosses the black tar road. Raven on a pole eyes the high desert scrub; brush mouse scuttles. Air hardens to grey; rain pelts. Black birds swirl over sand, lime flowers, Joshua trees that grasp the sky. A hint of sun breaks clouds; the field, a lake of gold. A…

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