The light that makes them visible

To capture light in words

is no easier than

to render it in pigment,

but Monet found a way,

in shimmering deconstructions

of the cathedral at Rouen,

painted at different hours

of the day

over many weeks.

Nearer home, his subjects were

haystacks and trees,

flowers and views,

his own garden

in all seasons and weathers,

year in and year out,

from dawn until dusk;

he painted the light 

that makes time visible.

-Sydney Eddison