Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window

A sumptuous poem for 2024's closing act

Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window. Jan Vermeer van Delft (1657-59).

As the year draws to a close, I’m sharing one of my poems, which appeared in the fall issue of The Brussels Review. I was inspired by the discovery a few years ago of the painting-within-the-painting—meaning, the painting on the wall above the young woman’s head—which Vermeer remov…