PAINT POETIC

This is a weekly graphic art project that remediates classic poetry for a new generation. All artistic styles welcome.

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This is a continuation of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” View the previous stanza here.

Stanza 4:

The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone: He cannot choose but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner.

'The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared, Merrily did we drop Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top.

This is a poem remediation project that invites artists and poets to submit work. If you have a project in mind, please get in touch, or help us illustrate the rest of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner!”

[paintpoetic]

This is a continuation of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” View the previous stanza here.

Stanza 3:

He holds him with his glittering eye— The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child: The Mariner hath his will.

This is a poem remediation project that invites artists and poets to submit work. If you have a project in mind, please get in touch, or help us illustrate the rest of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner!” 

[paintpoetic]

This is a continuation of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” View the first stanza here. 

Stanza 2:

The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.'

This is a poem remediation project that invites artists and poets to submit work. If you have a project in mind, please get in touch, or help us illustrate the rest of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner!”

[paintpoetic]

And so the Rime of the Ancient Mariner begins. 

PART I It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. 'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?

*This is a poem remediation project that invites artists and poets to submit work. If you have a project in mind, please get in touch*