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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIRGINS PLUS CURTAINS MINUS DOTS, by MINA LOY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Latin borghese Last Line: Might - scratch Alternate Author Name(s): Cravan, Arthur, Mrs.; Lowy, Mina Gertrude; Haweis, Stephen, Mrs. | |||
Latin Borghese Houses hold virgins The door's on the chain Plumb streets with hearts Bore curtains with eyes Virgins without dots Stare beyond probability See the men pass Their hats are not ours We take a walk They are going somewhere And they may look everywhere Men's eyes look into things Our eyes look out A great deal of ourselves We offer to the mirror Something less to the confessional The rest to Time There is so much Time Everything is full of it Such a long time Virgins may whisper Transparent nightdresses made all of lace Virgins may squeak My dear I should faint Flutter . . . . . flutter . . . . flutter . . . . . . . . " And then the man - " Wasting our giggles For we have no dots We have been taught Love is a god White with soft wings Nobody shouts Virgins for sale Yet where are our coins For buying a purchaser Love is a god Marriage expensive A secret well kept Makes the noise of the world Nature's arms spread wide Making room for us Room for all of us Somebody who was never a virgin Has bolted the door Put curtains at our windows See the men pass They are going somewhere Fleshes like weeds Sprout in the light So much flesh in the world Wanders at will Some behind curtains Throbs to the night Bait to the stars Spread it with gold And you carry it home Against your shirt front To . . . . . . . a shaded light With the door locked Against virgins who Might scratch. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ITALIAN PICTURES: JULY IN VALLOMBROSA by MINA LOY ITALIAN PICTURES: THE COSTA SAN GIORGIO by MINA LOY LOVE SONGS TO JOANNES by MINA LOY THREE MOMENTS IN PARIS: 1. ONE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT by MINA LOY APOLOGY OF A GENIUS by MINA LOY STARRY SKY OF WYNDHAM LEWIS by MINA LOY |
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