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Solitude's Demands
Solitude’s Demands Those who would stretch their minds with weighty thought Seek solitude, that they may concentrate Upon the subjects of their choice, without Distraction. Interruptions militate Against coherence and often frustrate Successful culmination of intense Research and contemplation, (so […]
The Poets
The Poets Some Minds Have seen, in visionary mode, Reflective wonders in a raindrop’s heart; Love leaping, veiled, within a sudden glance; The hidden meaning in some cryptic sign; Mystical glories of Eternity: Have heard Faint footsteps of the unseen […]
Do Not Be Jealous
Do Not Be Jealous Do not be jealous of my Poetry; She’s not my mistress, but my daughter sired, (In hope’s delight and despair’s agony), By inspiration’s fragile, fitful fire. So, if she sometimes occupies my hours And wriggles in between the […]
New Wine
New Wine I drink the modern poets down, Absorb their words – their colours, strengths And clarities, their tastes and styles – As topers wine. Often I muse Upon them as I fall asleep, Hungover with the overplus Of such variety; there are So many vintages but, too, Too little time to sample […]
Venus-Plants
Venus-Plants i. (Dionaea Muscipula) A Venus-flytrap is a vampire-plant – A carnivore – designed so cunningly It seems as innocently generous In free, luxuriant profligacy As any nectar-yielding source could be. How openly it offers-up itself; Its leaves – spread […]
Poetry and Music
Poetry and Music “If music and sweet poetry agree As they must needs, the sister and the brother”, Then in our poems music should be found, And in our music should be poetry. The one is inextricably enwound Within the very being of the […]
Composition
Composition Composition (from: A Theory for Art, xix) When I compose my poetry I sense, Within myself, a feeling of unrest: A quiet, self-sustaining turbulence… Control of what I think and write becomes A shared experience – another brain Seems to be integrated with my own And […]
Time and Art (1)
Time and Art [1] i. “Since they both are things apart, What has Time to do with Art?”, Is the sceptic’s scornful cry. ii. […]
Music and Poetry
Music and Poetry (A ‘Neapolitan’ Poem) Rich streams of suasive sound arouse in open hearts Emotions which can overmaster reasoned thoughts. Skilled music stirs our minds with flowing tides Which wash our senses’ and our souls’ […]
Poetry and Bathostry
Poetry and Bathostry Poetry and Bathostry are antitheses. That is momentous, descriptive, evocative, Memorable perfection, controlled and gracious thought, Which draws a comprehensible picture of life In metrical designs of vivid artistry. Shapeless, undisciplined, prosaic, vague, This is Arhythmic, ungrammatical and trivial, Unpolished, unimaginative, […]