Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DER BLINDE JUNGE, by MINA LOY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dam bellona Last Line: Upon a mouth-organ. Alternate Author Name(s): Cravan, Arthur, Mrs.; Lowy, Mina Gertrude; Haweis, Stephen, Mrs. Subject(s): Blindness; Visually Handicapped | ||||||||
The dam Bellona littered her eyeless offspring Kriegsopfer upon the pavements of Vienna Sparkling precipitate the spectral day involves the visionless obstacle This slow blind face pushing its virginal nonentity against the light Pure purposeless eremite of centripetal sentience Upon the carnose horologe of the ego the vibrant tendon index moves not since the black lightning desecrated the retinal altar Void and extinct this planet of the soul strains from the craving throat in static flight upslanting A downy youth's snout nozzling the sun drowned in dumfounded instinct Listen! illuminati of the coloured earth How this expressionless "thing" blows out damnation and concussive dark Upon a mouth-organ. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLIND POET by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL THE BLIND SHEEP by RANDALL JARRELL THE BLIND by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BLIND DOG OF VENICE by RON PADGETT BATTLE AFTER WAR by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BOARDING: 5. THE DADAR SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND by REETIKA VAZIRANI ITALIAN PICTURES: COSTA MAGIC by MINA LOY |
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