“Edward Hopper Applique” from The Outrider Ledger by Rob Sienna. Released: 2026. Genre: Spoken Word.
Here the author reads his poem #1673 from The Outrider Ledger, “Edward Hopper Applique.”
Summary: This piece is a rhythmic immersion into the quiet, neon-lit soul of the American landscape. It acts as an ekphrastic bridge into the world of painter Edward Hopper, where shadow and form “rain” upon lonely platforms and characters sit frozen in the “mystic slats” of a forgotten novel. It is a celebration of the moments just before dawn — those magical, “stuck” spaces where we finally see ourselves clearly in the flickering light of the urban void.
While Donald Kuspit, Richard Dyer-Bennet, Louis Simpson, and Lawrence Alloway were important literary and performance mentors for this author; this particular piece has a lineage with roots in – Pablo Neruda, Edward Hopper, Paul Auster, Carlos Castaneda, Barry Lopez, Steven Cerio.
This poem is one of a series of 400 original pieces from Rob Sienna’s digital archive, The Outrider Ledger. A plethora of works in the Outrider Archive are being recorded by the author.