Classic and Contemporary Poetry
800,000 VIBRATIONS TO THE SECOND, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER First Line: This detail from the thesis falls Last Line: Neat understatement of god's ways. Subject(s): Speech; Oratory; Orators | ||||||||
This detail from the thesis falls Without a crash into the air; The speaker's pointer pauses, crawls Across the board, the listeners there Accept the fact that he has reckoned The doings of this freighted second. And we, whose coarse-grained hours show clear On the vacant clock with slow hands turning, To tell the time of soul or year, The lover gone, the dry leaves burning Jot down vast happenings in a phrase, Neat understatement of God's ways. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION by ANSELM HOLLO THE ORATION; AFTER CAVAFY by CAROLYN KIZER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A SIMPLIFICATION by RICHARD WILBUR MOTHER TONGUE by RANDY BLASING THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL SATIRE: 1 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS ABUNDANCE by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER |
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