Henry Treece

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Henry Treece Head Poems

  • 1.
    In that stone head, obscenity
    Has been preserved a thousand years;
    A bible-leaf of families
    Have shuddered at the pointed ears.
    ...
  • 2.
    How do I love you then?
    Till stone unfold his nature, and
    Funereal rook his language,
    Tongue dumb as bell unclappered
    ...
  • 3.
    Between the muscle and the hammer-head,
    The liquor and the veinous leaf it feeds;
    Between the vision and the throne of God,
    The promise and the stillborn shrouded words;
    ...
  • 4.
    In that stone head, obscenity
    Has been preserved a thousand years;
    A bible-leaf of families
    Have shuddered at the pointed ears.
    ...
Total 4 Head Poems by Henry Treece

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Love 9 I Love You 9 Heart 8 Black 6 Death 5 White 5 Sun 4 Head 4 Alone 4 Soul 4

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