Monday, March 7, 2016

No Barbaric Yawps, Please - poem





Lawrence Hall
Mhall46184@aol.com

No Barbaric Yawps, Please

Nobody writes poetry anymore
With patience gentling iambs into place
As if they were jewels set into a crown
Or Aves whispered through the Rosary

Nobody writes poetry anymore
Crafting images with a workman’s skill
(or bashing them through ‘prentice clumsiness!)
And shyly dreaming them into the world

Common nobility common to all -
Nobody writes poetry anymore

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