Thursday, November 16, 2017

Rupert Loydell paints

April Diptych 12

 

1 comment:

  1. Martial Diptych

    I
    By stock-still flags on the hottest day
    Recorded,
    He delivered a rousing speech to about six
    Hundred.

    At the end of his speech the caps would be hurled
    Skyward.
    The sky was the blue of the blue sky on a
    Postcard.
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    There it all is in a black-and-white shot in the
    Paper,
    Depicting the memorable scene at his alma
    Mater.

    The sky is the grey it would turn and, in capitals
    Under:
    PRESIDENT RALLIES THE TROOPS FOR THE WAR
    ON THUNDER.

    II
    PRESIDENT RALLIES THE TROOPS FOR THE WAR
    ON WATER
    I see in my scrapbook. I used to be a
    Reporter.

    The bleachers were pegged to the sand, and about six
    Hundred
    Were waiting to hurl their caps, and nobody
    Wondered

    Where was the ocean gone. The highest
    Recorded
    Temperature rose and twelve hundred hands
    Applauded

    Everything. I looked at the sharp
    Horizon
    Through twirling and falling caps and I saw it
    Whiten.

    --Glyn Maxwell

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