Arthur Seymour John Tessimond Sun Poems
- 1. Chaplin
The sun, a heavy spider, spins in the thirsty sky.
The wind hides under cactus leaves, in doorway corners. Only the wry
Small shadow accompanies Hamlet-Petrouchka's march - the slight
... - 2. Sea
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(Windless Summer)
Between the glass panes of the sea are pressed
... - 3. Attack On The Ad-man
This trumpeter of nothingness, employed
To keep our reason dull and null and void.
This man of wind and froth and flux will sell
The wares of any who reward him well.
... - 4. June Sick Room
The birds' shrill fluting
Beats on the pink blind,
Pierces the pink blind
At whose edge fumble the sun's
... - 5. Seaport
Green sea-tarnished copper
And sea-tarnished gold
Of cupolas.
... - 6. Epitaph On A Disturber Of His Times
We expected the violin's finger on the upturned nerve;
Its importunate cry, too laxly curved:
And you drew us an oboe-outline, clean and acute;
Unadorned statement, accurately carved.
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