Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


SEEN AND UNSEEN by JOHN RICHARD MORELAND

First Line: A MARBLE COURTYARD
Last Line: UNNOTICED ON THE CHILL MARBLE.
Subject(s): CONTRARINESS; VISION;

A marble courtyard
Dazzling with yellow sunlight,
Great green-bronze peacocks
Puffed with pride,
Displaying their burnished beauty
To an admiring crowd
Who love purple and arrogance . . .
Little white doves of truth
Unnoticed on the chill marble.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net