Pearl Fog

Carl August Sandburg was a Swedish-American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln.

                      Open the door now.
                      Go roll up the collar of your coat
                      To walk in the changing scarf of mist.

                      Tell your sins here to the pearl fog
                      And know for once a deepening night
                      Strange as the half-meanings
                      Alurk in a wise woman’s mousey eyes.

                      Yes, tell your sins
                      And know how careless a pearl fog is
                      Of the laws you have broken.
 
 
 

Merri Cyr

Originally from Adamsville, Rhode Island, Merri Cyr lived in New York City for 30 years working as a fine art and commercial photographer. Primarily focused on portraits of musicians and artists, her clients include Disney, Columbia Records, Sony, Vimeo, Warner Brothers, Verve, Polygram, Rolling Stone, among many others. Merri was in house photographer from 2009-2019 for Apple Events in NYC Soho store, photographing actors, musicians, designers and movie folks for podcasts. As part of an Apple events team, Merri worked in tandem with creatives collaborating on artwork for the Apple website, photographing more that 800 events. In addition, she is author of two photography books and her work is represented by Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York and Los Angeles.