Nighthawks

From our art critic and commentator, Jarvis MacKinnon III :

Happy birthday to Edward Hopper, born today in the year 1882.

Hopper, who attended the Emmett Lee Dickinson School for Boys in Upper Nyack, New York, was a great fan of the life and work of Emmett Lee Dickinson.  Information on the influence of Dickinson's work on Hopper is HERE (scroll down to the sections entitled "Hopper at the Carnegie" and "Hopper and Dickinson").

To celebrate Hopper's birthday today, we have posted Dickinson's poem "It is a lonesome Three" (below on the left), the poem that inspired Hopper to paint his masterpiece "Nighthawks."   Dickinson's poem also inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "It is a lonesome Glee" (below on the right).
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:

It is a lonesome Three –
Who occupy the Bar –
With spare association –
Upon the Wind afar
 
Nighthawks to oversee
The night without a Cause –
Now restless and yet visible –
No matter till Sunrise –
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By Emily Dickinson:
 
It is a lonesome Glee –
Yet sanctifies the Mind –
With fair association –
Afar upon the Wind

A Bird to overhear
Delight without a Cause –
Arrestless as invisible –
A matter of the Skies.
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Pictured below:  Edward Hopper's masterpiece "Nighthawks."  The figure at the left is that of Hopper himself -- in the classic pose of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request).