Acanthus and Wild Grape

Acanthus and Wild Grape

NOTE: Many of these poems were first published in Canadian Magazines, and the Author wishes to thank the publishers of the University Magazine, the Canadian Magazine, the Westminster, the Canadian Bookman, Canada West, and the Mitre for permission to reprint. Foreword Acanthus The Old Gods The Obelisk Gray Birds After Tea Through a Long Cloister Cathedral Vespers The Lotus-Worshippers The Broken Mast The Lace-maker of Bruges Rheims Calvary Gone West Peace Hidden Treasure A River Sunset The Madonna An Idol in a Shop Window In a Forest The Golden Bowl On a Swiss Mountain The Nun's Garden You Went Away in Summertime To a Modern Poet The Mystic Ad Episcopi Collegium A Song of the Homeland The Mirror I Made a Little Song Birds The Bluebird's Wing The Answer Wild Grape To a Greek Statue Omnipresence My Cathedral The Foundry Swiss Sketches (I) After Sunset on Jura (II) Lucerne (III) Lake Leman Visions I, II, III, IV Japanese Prints (I) The Lady with the Yellow Fan (II) Caged Birds (III) Wisteria A Venetian Palace Japanese Iris Japanese Love-Songs Cups of Jade The Loon's Cry Prayer Poetry has been defined as "Thought touched by Emotion," and I know no better working definition, although no doubt more scientific and accurate ones could be found. The best poets of all ages seem to have had this ideal plainly before them, whether consciously or unconsciously, and I cannot see how modern poets can dispense with either thought or emotion if they are to write real poetry. For one is not enough without the other. Take for example the first lines of Master's "Spoon River Anthology." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 33552
Author: Call, Frank Oliver
Release Date: Aug 27, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English