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| 4651. | Not Love Perhaps by A. S. J. Tessimond | | This is not Love, perhaps,
Love that lays down its life,
that many waters cannot quench,
nor the floods drown,
But something written in lighte... |
| 4652. | The Children Look At The Parents by A. S. J. Tessimond | | We being so hidden from those who
Have quietly borne and fed us,
How can we answer civilly
Their innocent invitations?
How can we say "we see yo... |
| 4653. | Empty Room by A. S. J. Tessimond | | The clock disserts on punctuation, syntax.
The clock's voice, thin and dry, asserts, repeats.
The clock insists: a lecturer demonstrating,
Loudly, ... |
| 4654. | Polyphony In A Cathedral by A. S. J. Tessimond | | Music curls
In the stone shells
Of the arches, and rings
Their stone bells.
Music lips
Each cold groove
Of parabolas' laced
Warp and woof,
A... |
| 4655. | Epitaph For Our Children by A. S. J. Tessimond | | Blame us for these who were cradled and rocked in our chaos;
Watching our sidelong watching, fearing our fear;
Playing their blind-man's-bluff in ou... |
| 4656. | Symphony In Red by A. S. J. Tessimond | | Within the church
The solemn priests advance,
And the sunlight, stained by the heavy windows,
Dyes a yet richer red the scarlet banners
And the sc... |
| 4657. | Any Man Speaks by A. S. J. Tessimond | | I, after difficult entry through my mother's blood
And stumbling childhood (hitting my head against the world);
I, intricate, easily unshipped, untr... |
| 4658. | Bells, Pool And Sleep by A. S. J. Tessimond | | Bells overbrim with sound
And spread from cupolas
Out through the shaking air
Endless unbreaking circles
Cool and clear as water.
A stone dropp... |
| 4659. | Night Piece by A. S. J. Tessimond | | Climb, claim your shelf-room, far
Packed from inquisitive moon
And cold contagious stars.
Lean out, but look no longer,
No further, than to stir... |
| 4660. | Quickstep by A. S. J. Tessimond | | Acknowledge the drum's whisper.
Yield to its velvet
Nudge. Cut a slow air-
Curve. Then dip (hip to hip):
Sway, swing, pedantically
Poise. Now rec... |
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