“Trilogy”
A POEM
In the beginning
A Mind, Eternal.
Then
A mind, created.
A sweet Whispering,
“You are radiant, and I love you.”
A proud roaring,
“I know, now give me worship!”
All Hell breaks loose.
On the new water
A Breath, Eternal.
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To Angela, Who Is Afraid of Clowns
Clowns are grandfathers
painted with strokes of laughter
who kiss lollipops
but never lick them.
…
Paradoxical in the Extreme
Evidently a man of coarse, even slovenly, personal habits, Auden was as meticulous as T.S. Eliot in the precision of his verse.