The Last World — Poetry Print

from $24.00

RELIC Nº 014 · THE SMALL HOURS

Poetry print · a poem of total surrender to love, from Bittersweet: Poems on Love, Loss & Wanderlust

The Last World gives everything away: every “forever” and “always,” the whole self, to a love that might consume it. It asks only that the end be swift, and hopes “the light of my dying star” will guide the beloved on. From the award-winning Bittersweet: Poems on Love, Loss & Wanderlust (2022), set beneath Samuel Palmer's 1879 etching The Lonely Tower, a moonlit night of stars and a distant lit tower. Relic Nº 014 opens The Small Hours, the collection of poems on longing and loss.

❧ Hahnemühle German Etching fine-art paper, 310 gsm, velvet matte

❧ Printed to order in the U.S. and shipped in 3–5 business days, tracked

❧ Numbered Relic with colophon and seal. Frame not included

Size:

RELIC Nº 014 · THE SMALL HOURS

Poetry print · a poem of total surrender to love, from Bittersweet: Poems on Love, Loss & Wanderlust

The Last World gives everything away: every “forever” and “always,” the whole self, to a love that might consume it. It asks only that the end be swift, and hopes “the light of my dying star” will guide the beloved on. From the award-winning Bittersweet: Poems on Love, Loss & Wanderlust (2022), set beneath Samuel Palmer's 1879 etching The Lonely Tower, a moonlit night of stars and a distant lit tower. Relic Nº 014 opens The Small Hours, the collection of poems on longing and loss.

❧ Hahnemühle German Etching fine-art paper, 310 gsm, velvet matte

❧ Printed to order in the U.S. and shipped in 3–5 business days, tracked

❧ Numbered Relic with colophon and seal. Frame not included

From the poem: And then I hope, and I can only hope, the light of my dying star will lead you to wherever you must go

PAPER & PRINT

Giclée-printed with archival pigment inks on Hahnemühle German Etching, a 310 gsm fine-art paper with a soft, etching-style texture. Sizes 8×10, 11×14 (the core size), and 16×20 fit standard frames. Printed with a clean edge for easy framing.

SHIPPING & RETURNS

Each Relic is made when you order it, then shipped flat or rolled with tracking. Because prints are made to order, I can’t accept change-of-mind returns. If yours arrives damaged or misprinted, contact me, and I’ll make it right.

PROVENANCE

The illustration is adapted from Samuel Palmer's etching The Lonely Tower (1879), fourth state of seven. The source impression is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1986.1232.2, Gift of Margaret Scolari Barr, 1986), via the Met's public-domain collection. It has been digitally adapted and rendered in sepia for this print. Poem © Pablo Camacho. Relic Nº 014 in the Relics series, The Small Hours collection.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Why a Relic?

Each Relic treats a single poem like an artifact recovered from an old archive. It’s paired with a digitally adapted antique illustration, numbered and finished with a colophon and my seal. Each print is made to order on textured fine-art paper. The number marks its place in a growing collection, organized by the hours of the night.

ILLUSTRATION

Antique art, adapted

NUMBERED

Its place in the series

MADE TO ORDER

Fine-art paper, printed for you

COLOPHON & SEAL

Author, book and year

Books  /  Poetry in English  /  Bittersweet

Bittersweet: Poems on Love, Loss & Wanderlust by Pablo Camacho, book cover

Award winner | Poetry · 2022

Bittersweet

Poems on Love, Loss & Wanderlust

Bittersweet is a beautiful and inspiring award-winning poetry collection for those who seek lessons from love, loss, and heartbreak, and the wanderlust we feel as we journey through life.

Now on Paperback & eBook at your favorite retailer.