To a Writer (verse)
Roche, Loretta
To a Writer Not because you do not see The shaken instability Of what supports our fragile days, Not because a rosy haze Obscures your sight (the edge beneath Convention's curved and molded...
...You are of those who have traversed Fierce country dying men have cursed, Where travelers pay heavy tolls And poisoned fruit feeds hungry souls...
...Loretta Roche...
...To a Writer Not because you do not see The shaken instability Of what supports our fragile days, Not because a rosy haze Obscures your sight (the edge beneath Convention's curved and molded sheath Is know to you) do you refuse To wear the black mask, or to use A knife because a knife is there, Or capture kindness in a snare...
...There are some things you know too well To make bright epigrams on hell...
Vol. 11 • April 1930 • No. 25
