Posts tagged Anthony Hecht
Posts tagged Anthony Hecht
“Where have they gone, the lordly makers,
Torchlight and fire-folk of our skies,
Those grand authorial earthshakers
Who brought such gladness to the eyes
Of the knowing and unworldly-wise
In damasked language long ago?
Call them and nobody replies.
Et nunc in pulvere dormio.”
Anthony Hecht, from “Death the Poet: A Ballade-Lament For the Makers”
“They foresee the expansion of graveyards,
they talk real estate.
Cras, they say,
repeating a rumor
among the whitened branches.
And the wind, a voiceless thorn,
goes over the details,
making a soft promise
to take our breath away.”
Anthony Hecht, from “Crows in Winter”
“The moon is a pearl in the mist and sets the scene.
Comfort seems within reach, just over there,
But rocks, water, and darkness intervene.
Incalculable dangers lie between
Us and the warmth of bedding, the fire’s flare.
The moon is a pearl in the mist and sets the scene;”
Anthony Hecht, from “Nocturne: A Recurring Dream.”
It is, of course, a villanelle. And I am still looking for omens.
