Poems of Paul Hartal

181. The World Has Changed 9/30/2011
182. They Fought with their Bare Hands 10/13/2011
183. Three Miniatures in Fast Verse 10/12/2011
184. Time's Arrow Arrested 10/6/2011
185. Tired Light 10/7/2011
186. To a Raindrop 10/6/2011
187. Train and Plane 10/6/2011
188. Travel in a Box Car of the Fuehrer 10/25/2011
189. Triumphal Arch 2/12/2013
190. Two Sphinxes 10/6/2011
191. Unruly Dragon in Porcelain Equilibrium 6/13/2012
192. Until We Meet Again 10/5/2011
193. Using Art and Science 10/7/2011
194. Valentine's Day 10/1/2011
195. Vanilla Gate 10/12/2011
196. Venus and Candor 9/29/2011
197. Vernacular Painting 3/14/2013
198. Voyage around the Square Root of Minus One 6/18/2012
199. War Memories with Acrostic 6/27/2012
200. Weeds and Hyacinths 10/1/2011

Venus and Candor

Beauty is not truth
But a transient mask’s shadow
Across the foamy sky
Opaque flight
Separated from the blue fire bird
Of a convulsive life.

In dazzling charm
Narcissus may revel

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