Poetry from The Literary Review




School

MICHAEL FARRELL

3 21

beautiful all one the intelli
gence of nothing is this the
same is this the minutes sim
ple administration of apricots
compulsory one hushed one
fast single in the self one
dissolving magnitude clear in
his angels realist prayers &
on candy blue & green the scene
arms & shoulders offer me both
i died just as a spirit egg
except one of the angels chaste
that is beautiful free of indis
cretions shadow of the truth
help the city tone the atti
tudes of wind of bright leaves
shattered a miracle toucan
amazing each high up speech
too with it clear you & i
fresh to being there in a
park we may one hushed one
halfway glad only silence
coolness for his canvas only
chorus of an own aesthetic
he enjoyed green sand beauti
ful on the palms on his
tread the canvas spirits ex
pressed green my soul among
the buildings yellow subject
the affectionate girls rea
lity in an atmosphere this
odd the summer discoverer
charmed by the cathedral a
vase of shadow a quiet
cry once one of many an
xiously he felt his door & more
imitate him let the after
noon forget that one in time
you & i once black & yellow
& cold goodbye if ever our
hearts how many things what
things he turns what thoughts

4 “ ”

passionately his neck was an
if ever conceived out of be
tween a salad a sally to be
in the moonlight mother let these
terrible instruments on the menu
he saw the murder the moon
light if it could & early
evils his nose her patience
it made him in the past a
poems discharge worth all good
ness exit waking exquisite
eyes whatever shall is said
but what shadow whose touch
in the words like an asking
who began his love torment
& his caprice is cloudy

5 who are you

a black cloud music a
birdhouse froth in box
es gross the sea eden
linedrawing innocence
the shadow images &
writing as rose secrets
the dusk the bird island
the waves the man in
the face the flamingoes
i go on loving the intri
cate you like cafes you
were immaculate yet a
drizzle was unintentional
not indifferent the horse
smart i worry detail you
were breathing the melon
i thought the peach was
easily when its the love
ly summer mystery the
clerks the real romance
you dance however in
the hall proud in a
moment wandering over
the road help the blood
to gloss you know our
dreams made him sleep
the young gingerly there
was candy the rabbit
the garment the cock an
emotion no no peace

7 lions

lilacs pure across the land
his face had kept him glad
still the dream realist only
his lost choosing among from
thirteen was grass & this is be
yond honey beyond delicious
far though beyonds burns he
the polar throat & & upon
darkness a they cloudy can
but be his now to & that
the idea murderers soon is
in more the easily & the &
lake dwelling a there lilac
slid he from a his key ac
tual in eye his continent
right by hand slow please
recess he to asked things
willingly within he his is
actual thirty eye years a
lert old to that the was
difficulty before of we re
bellious could thought drive
when hundreds the of miles
sky at is night blue dande