[stylist] Poem: "Coffee Mug"
Chris Kuell
ckuell at comcast.net
Mon Sep 26 19:33:36 UTC 2016
Hey Bill,
Welcome back.
I enjoyed your poem. I'm not sure if you are looking for feedback or not,
but here goes:
Wal-Mart is hyphenated, I believe
Accountss has one too many s
Slimas needs a space between slim and as
Nice job,
Chris
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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of William L
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Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2016 3:50 PM
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Subject: [stylist] Poem: "Coffee Mug"
Hi Listers,
Here's the first poem I wrote in what I think of as my current phase, which
started about a year and a half to two years ago. I think it's fairly
straightforward, and I'm writing more straightforward poems these days than
I was doing a couple of years ago, but I still put out solid bricks from
time to time, ha.
Anyway, the poem begins under the three dashes following my name. Cheers!
--Bill
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copyright 2016 William L. Houts
Coffee Mug
United States of America
All Rights Reserved
NO clever crone nor craftsman
by wisest hands shaped and fired this mug;
I bought it at Walmart,unromantic; crass by some
accountss.And yet it pleases:
two shades of blue, a cup of sky and sea,
handle curved and slimas a letter
in elegant Greek. I seek, I guess,
the grail encoded in common things
And there's an artsy I can't abide:
things with faces, grinning or sly,
grandma perky and full of mirth.
I want the romance of handle and hand,
of table and base:embraced
in gravity's arms: a waterfall's wisdom,
the glory of snow dancing down,
the astronauts taste for heavily holy earth
the reverse of transcendence, oversold
and nature's patient round.
"It's clever, but does it answer the Sphinx?"
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