Time to plant tears, says the almanac.
The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove
and the child draws another inscrutable house.
~from the poem Sestina by Elizabeth Bishop

Mike Smith “Wintergarden, Gray, Tennessee, 1996” from the series You’re Not From Around Here © Mike Smith, courtesy of Lee Marks Fine Art, Shelbyville, IN.

Christine Collins “Reclamation #29, 2015” courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston.

Yoav Horesh “Beans in Safira’s Hands, Dunbarton, NH, 2018” from the series New American Farmers, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston. (Featured Image)

Janelle Lynch “Red Berries, 2015” from the series Another Way of Looking at Love, courtesy of the artist and Flowers Gallery, London, New York, Hong Kong.

Vaughn Sills “Alexander Bell’s Garden, Greenville, NC, 2005” from the series Places for the Spirit, Traditional African American Gardens, courtesy of the artist and Kingston Gallery, Boston.

Sheron Rupp “The Oxbow, Northampton, MA, 2000” from the New England and Other Places series, courtesy of the artist and the Robert Klein Gallery, Boston.

Cheryle St. Onge “Untitled, 2013” from the series Natural Findings, courtesy of the artist.

Justin Kimball “Forest Road” from the series and book Pieces of String (Radius Books, 2016), courtesy of the artist.

John Willis “Tree Growth, Navajo Nation, AZ, 2014” from the series House/Home A Work in Progress, courtesy of the artist.

Molly Lamb “Morning Glories Along the Tallahatchie River” from the series Before the Trees, courtesy of the artist and Rick Wester Fine Art, New York.

Jem Southam “Upton Pyne, March, 1999” © Jem Southam, courtesy of Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London and Charles Isaacs Photographs, New York.

Oscar Palacio. “Harriet Tubman Gravestone, Auburn, NY, 2008” from the series American History Revisited, courtesy of the artist.

Matthew Monteith “Milovice, 2002” from the series Czech Eden, courtesy of the artist.

Simone Nieweg “Geräteschuppen und Artischocken, Villetaneuse, Paris, 2006” © Simone Nieweg, courtesy of Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA.

Emily Belz “Yellow House, 2016” from the series Forward From Where We Came, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston.
Selection of images and poetry by Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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