INCOGNITOS of masquerading moons Refute the theories philosophers Propound who blow their cheeks to fill balloons And call their windy whims interpreters. The swimming islands of the naked sun Confound a telescope to ignorance By dancing like oases on the run Or delicate mirages in a trance. The torrents of the sky reduce the earth, A brittle stone, to powdered liquid sand; Amuse themselves with slanting silver mirth If hermits claim they've found the hidden hand. Among the coral crypts that hold the sea Festoons of fishes weave insanity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOUGLASS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ON IMAGINATION by PHILLIS WHEATLEY URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE FIRST CANTO, OR NEW MOON by WILLIAM BASSE CORRESPONDENCES by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE THE BLAZING HEART by ALICE WILLIAMS BROTHERTON |