To Earthward
To Earthward Love at the lips was touch As sweet as I could bear; And once that seemed too much; I lived on air That crossed me from sweet things, The flow of—was it musk From hidden grapevine springs Downhill Read More …
Category: Photographs
Burning Marijuana, 1942
Two Men Burning Marijuana in Field in Garner, North Carolina 1942
Travel Bong, 1820
“I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” – Walt Whitman Persian smoking a hookah on horseback, ca 1820. Private Collection. Artist : Orlowski (Orlovsky), Alexander Osipovich (1777-1832). Travel hookah in action… Travel Read More …
Uschi Obermaier, 1960’s
“I just wanted to be free I didn’t want to be a rebel I just wanted to be free And do things I wanted to do Without anyone hindering me I wanted to live the experiences in my own skin. Read More …
University of Kentucky Hemp Brake, 1910
Hemp break at the University of Kentucky. College of Agriculture. Agricultural Experiment Station. May 10, 1910
Three women in a hemp field, undated
“The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open Read More …
Israeli women smoking hookah, 1960
Israeli women smoking hookah. Photograph by Paul Schutzer. Israel, May 1960
Hemp couple, 1913
Female and male examples from the United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook, 1913 Pistillate/female (left) and staminate/male (right) hemp plants (Dewey, 1913)
Pot is fun, 1968
“Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.” -Allen Ginsberg Poet Allen Ginsberg leads a group of demonstrators outside the Women’s House of Detention on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich Village, demanding the release of prisoners arrested for use or Read More …
Reclining Persian woman with hookah, Iran 1901
Portrait of a reclining woman with hookah and Persian mirror, Iran, 1901 photo by Antoin Sevruguin