The Peacocks

one of many peacocks I saw in the Jardin de Bagatelle -  a group of peacocks can be called a muster or an ostentation - their calls could be heard throughout the park - like Wallace Stevens -
I heard them cry - the peacocks 

                   

Saraswati and Murugan

Marina Franca by Weegee

Alexander McQueen Fall 2008 / The Peacock Skirt - Aubrey Beardsley 
                                                            

          

Erté

George Barbier 1914

Ruth St Denis

Earl Kulp Bergey 1935

Melek Taus (ملك طاووس) - the "Peacock Angel" of the Kurds

peacock thrones

Rubens' depiction of how Juno gave the one hundred eyes of Argus to the peacock

The Peacock Room  - James McNeil Whistler

Bill Evans Trio featuring Stan Getz - The Peacocks

jardin des plantes

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Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies
into pillars

of light,
are giving off the rich
fragrance of cinnamon
and fulfillment

-Mary Oliver
from In Blackwater Woods

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Spring departs.
Birds cry
Fishes' eyes are filled with tears

-Basho Matsuo

Japanese garden, Musée Albert-Kahn

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