In “Cloud Painter,” for example, the poet presents the image of an oak clutching a rock in a painting. Although most readers will probably see a picture that is consistent with the one the poet sees, no two images will be identical. Every reader will have his or her own mental image of a particular tree clinging to a rock; some will be remembered experiences, while others will be imaginative creations. Some readers may even be familiar enough with the work of the painter John Constable to visualize a particular tree clinging to a particular rock in one of his paintings.