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| Reijer Stolk Figure Study before 1945 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Ex Libris for D.H. Plantenga Si tu veux garder ta fierté, travaille ca. 1925 drawing (print study) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Ex Libris for D.H. Plantenga Si tu veux garder ta fierté, travaille ca. 1925 linoleum cut Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Study of Pelvic Bones and Elbow Joints before 1945 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Study of Pelvic Bones before 1945 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Anatomical Study of Arm before 1945 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Anatomical Study of Back before 1945 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Figure Study 1924 lithograph Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Figure Study 1924 lithograph Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Figure Study before 1945 wash drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Figure Study before 1945 wash drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Studies of a Cast of the Venus de Milo before 1945 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Figure Study before 1945 woodcut Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk The Damned before 1945 color woodcut Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Reijer Stolk Portrait of a Woman before 1945 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Pelicans in December
One can't help admiring
their rickety grace
and old-world feathers
like seasoned boardwalk planks.
They pass in silent pairs,
as if a long time ago
they had wearied of calling out.
The wind tips them, their
ungainly, light-brown weight,
into a prehistoric wobble,
wings'-end fingers stretching
from fingerless gloves,
necks slightly tucked and stiff,
peering forward and down,
like old couples arm in arm
on icy sidewalks, careful,
careful, mildly surprised
by how difficult it has become
to stay dignified and keep moving
even after the yelping gulls have gone;
even after the scattered sand,
and the quietly lodged complaints.
– J. Allyn Rosser, from Mimi's Trapeze (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014)