Tag: Reading

Written by Apoc18:4

A Reading of E. E.Cummings’s Poem, “plato told”

plato told him:he couldn’tbelieve it(jesus told him;hewouldn’t believeit)lao tszecertainly toldhim,and general(yes mam)sherman;and even(believe itor not)youtold him:i toldhim;we told him(he didn’t believe it,no sir)it tooka nipponized bit ofthe old sixth avenueel;in the top of his head:to tell him

Written by Apoc18:4

To Brooklyn Bridge, by Hart Crane (A Reading)

How many dawns, chill from his rippling restThe seagull’s wings shall dip and pivot him,Shedding white rings of tumult, building highOver the chained bay waters Liberty— Then, with inviolate curve, forsake our eyesAs apparitional as sails that crossSome page of figures to be filed away;—Till elevators drop us from our day … I think of […]