Reckitt's blue /
Wilkinson, John Lawton,author.
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré,1732-1806.Swing.
An iconic work of Western art, Fragonard's 'L'escarpolette', or 'The Swing', is often reproduced and its famous foreground image of a young woman losing her slipper mid-swing is widely familiar. In 'Reckitt's Blue', John Wilkinson explores that well-known scene in a long poem that engages with the image of the flying slipper, and presents two other sequences of poems based on paintings.
The Swing -- What Gives -- Tornada -- Reckitt's Blue -- Roundabout.
An iconic work of Western art, Fragonard's 'L'escarpolette', or 'The Swing', is often reproduced and its famous foreground image of a young woman losing her slipper mid-swing is widely familiar. In 'Reckitt's Blue', John Wilkinson explores that well-known scene in a long poem that engages with the image of the flying slipper, and presents two other sequences of poems based on paintings.
English poetry