TATYANA GROSMAN'S JOURNEY
(1904-1982)

When Tatyana Grosman
flees a span
of revolutionary time
not staying put in Paris
or Venice, Japan, Dresden
and lastly Barcelona
bravely escaping
to the Pyranees on foot
as a collaborator on "Stones"
with galley and gallery partners
the painter Larry Rivers
and poet Frank O'Hara
for you, Tatyana,
would not depart in fear
without sending out
we can still hear
a passionate target and dare
from her
rendering a verdict of love,
delivering for your friends
and above all leaving
from her ala carte critics
an unforgettable
mural series in years
with her fine printing,
drawing and fashion
for which only art atones.