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Glass by Robert Francis

July 19th 2008 02:32
Glass
by Robert Francis


Robert Francis
Robert Francis (1901 - 1987)


Words of a poem should be glass
But glass so simple-subtle its shape
Is nothing but the shape of what it holds.

A glass spun for itself is empty,
Brittle, at best Venetian trinket.
Embossed glass hides the poem of its absence.

Words should be looked through, should be windows.
The best word were invisible.
The poem is the thing the poet thinks.

If the impossible were not,
And if the glass, only the glass,
Could be removed, the poem would remain.

Review in Poem by Dexter

Guidelines to splendour in language,
Nurtured prose seduce.
Smooth lyrics molded can soothe,
Massaged flush the delicate message.

A clear vessel of creative expression,
Carefully transported to the page.
Text in stealth manipulates the subconscious,
The gravity of meaning lightly dusted.

Transparent thought beams,
To dance in unison with the light.
Poems like this make me feel inadequate,
The art of crafting poetry continues a difficult endeavour.

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Call To Account!
by Vladimir Mayakovsky

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How To Get On In Society
by John Betjeman

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Ready to Kill by Carl Sandburg

June 28th 2008 00:03
Ready to Kill
by Carl Sandburg

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The Whipping by Robert Hayden

June 27th 2008 05:36
The Whipping
by Robert Hayden

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A Dream Within A Dream
by Edgar Allan Poe

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Kubla Khan
by Samuel Coleridge
(1772 – 1834)

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The Pig by Roald Dahl

June 13th 2008 05:23
The Pig
by Roald Dahl

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Power by Aleister Crowley

June 9th 2008 02:58
Power
by Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947)

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Sounds of Silence
by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel

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