The Brandy Glass Poem by Louis Macneice

The Brandy Glass

Rating: 2.9


Only let it form within his hands once more -
The moment cradled like a brandy glass.
Sitting alone in the empty dining hall...
From the chandeliers the snow begins to fall
Piling around carafes and table legs
And chokes the passage of the revolving door.
The last diner, like a ventriloquist's doll
Left by his master, gazes before him, begs:
'Only let it form within my hands once more.'

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Morgan Vierheller 08 December 2022

The computer voice reading this lovely poem is horrifying.

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Morgan Vierheller 08 December 2022

The brandy glass works well as a metaphor for holding a moment in time, clear in the memory of the warmth once held, once shared and at last, consumed.

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