"Temporary Tenants" poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Temporary Tenants
The sea the sea the great maw the final maw
mother of us all father of us all
Where we come from
Where we go from
Sea sea lapping forever
on our shores
on its shores
lent to us by the sea
for this fleeting moment in eternity
O we are but sand flies
that live for a day and die
on these fair beaches
on these far reaches
which the sea will soon take back from us
Temporary tenants
with no lease upon the land!
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
(courtesy of the author)
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Responses from the artists
The artworks are listed in order of arrival
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"Born from the Sea" by Alan Kent Chávez Chávez, Trujillo, Peru
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"Coral Sea Light" by Jon Baird, Queensland, Australia
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"Summer Breeze" by ILham Mahfouz, Syria/U.S.A.
http://www.artistilhambadreddinemahfouz.com/
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"Bailado" by Vitor Mohinos, Lisbon, Portugal
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"Low Tide" by Jacky Phaengtho, Thailand
http://www.artjacky.com/gallery/Gallery/HomePage
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A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" - poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Artist: Joseph Solivan, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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"La naufragée de la pleine lune" by Alix, France
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"Universe's Echo" by Octavian Florescu, Romania
http://www.florescugallery.com/
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A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" - poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Artist: Aleko Batashvili, Tbilisi, Georgia
http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/aleko1/
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"The moon and the sea" by Tamara Valdovino, Chile
http://www.artmajeur.com/tamaravaldovino
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"D'EAU FRAÎCHE" Vibe Series, acrylic on canvas by Mia Barkan Clarke, New York, U.S.A.
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A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Artist: Li Zhien, Dalian, China
http://www.saatchionline.com/Lizhien
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"Beyond" by Helina Million, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
http://www.artbreak.com/Helina
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"Ships at sea" by Gertrud Louise Sørensen and Bent Olle Sørensen, Denmark
http://www.gertrudsorensen.com/
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"The great movement" by Sirpa Mononen, Switzerland
http://www.saatchionline.com/profile/196892
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A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Artist: Jong-o Park, South Korea
http://www.artbreak.com/thedeep5/show/3
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"Jump up" by Janet Morgan, Brooklyn - N.Y., U.S.A.
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"SOS dolphins" by Sylvia Adjabroux, Bordeaux, France
http://www.sylvieadjabroux.com/
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"Girl on the shore" by Cecilia Czech, Namibia
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"War After War" by Loi Duc Nguyen, Hanoi, Vietnam
courtesy of Mr. Michael Burcharth of Funk Art Gallery (Denmark)
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"Pulau Kapas (Kapas Island)" by Kulsimran, Malaysia
http://www.artbreak.com/Kulsimran
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"The Sea" by Adel Gorgy, Long Island, U.S.A.
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"Ocean Dreams" by Marsha Solomon, Long Island, U.S.A.
http://www.marshasolomon.com/index.html
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"Un Imperio sin Futuro" by Raymundo Garza, Monterrey, Mexico
http://raymundogarza.blogspot.it/
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"Temporary tenants"
Digital art
3543 x 5906 píxeles, 300 ppi, 2013
Alejandra Miranda, Argentina
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"Temporary Tenants" by Mirek Antoniewicz, Poland
http://mirekantoniewicz.webs.com/aboutmyart.htm
"Shores of Poseidon" by Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, Big Sur, USA
http://www.carolynmarykleefeld.com/
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"Aham" by Gopakumar R, Bahrain - India
http://www.gopakumarartgallery.com/
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''Temporary Tenants" by Maria Marachowska, Siberia / Germany
(acrylics, canvas board 40 x 60 - 2013)
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"Temporary Tenants" by Iris Weirich, Austria / Germany
(digital photo art)
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A tribute to "Temporary Tenants" poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Artist: Andre Schreuder, Netherlands
http://www.schreuder-art.nl/About%20Andre
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"Looking for Sand Dollars" by Uli Ostermann, Canada
...The beach walk invites to enter an imagined airy and welcoming space of inspiration and
acceptance, an ongoing process of coming and going, nothing stands still.
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"Us flying as Angels" by Funtears, Chicago, USA
http://funtears1.wix.com/naqeesart
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"Journey of the whale" by ILham Badreddine Mahfouz, Syria / USA
http://www.artistilhambadreddinemahfouz.com/
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"Sailing with the tide rituals" by Damien Blue, Cameroon
http://www.artcameroon.com/new-damien-blue-paintings/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LbEkU4H37Q
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