Great Regulars: One of my inspirations for this exercise

was the work of D.G. Rossetti (1828-1882), the Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter. Rossetti wrote poems about his paintings or, conversely, did paintings about his poems, as was the case with "The Blessed Damozel." He called this process "the double image." Here are the two opening stanzas from "The Blessed Damozel":

The blessed damozel leaned out

from Anthony Maulucci: Norwich Bulletin: Poets have long explored their work through painting

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