Ray Eames inspired many when she attended an Eames Film Festival in Seattle.
You meet her plane. She's dressed in black,
yet giving out a look of light,
a heroine yet in a hero's image,
come to star here in a picture show.
She's come because you asked
to see her art. And here she stands:
the cordial curving of her lips,
the frank enchantment of her gaze,
the charm that draws you instant close,
her skill transfixing you just there.
You watch, a devotee enthralled,
and see in that one moment's flash
that to her it is all romance,
this sister-bride to genius --
the way her glance takes you right in,
reaching for glimmer with a lens
a man could drown in.
And right now you know her:
how soon she'll disappear with her artistic trace,
and still in beauty's ardor flame you
with rare pictures in your mind,
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How with a radiant eye fix you
with a look that freshly shows,
her gift a box of glowing colored pencils.