VERSE
Fandel, John & Quinn, John Robert
JOHN FANDEL SEA-GLASS: TWO VIEWS 1 In the green tons of silence sound as a drum, A stained glass window of a Sea-Dome shattered, The stillness so intense. These pieces, from That soft explosion,...
...JOHN ROBERT QUINN IMPATIENS In olden days, Rooted in jars Of cistern water, then set In pots of backyard soil Drained by pebbles, they graced Parlor and kitchen, Dispersing winter's gloom With their salmon-pink Whirligigs...
...2 The Pepsi generation and the Moxie, Miss Rheingold, Men of Distinction, threw away Their empties in the sea, perforce their proxy, Pounding bottles to a shore's jewel tray...
...These pieces, from That soft explosion, tidal light-years scattered...
...When frost No longer threatened, Housewives carried them out To porches, or oftentimes Transplanted them In cemetery urns To blunt the edge of grief Hard as granite...
Vol. 103 • June 1976 • No. 13
