Arthur Seymour John Tessimond
Arthur Seymour John Tessimond
(19 July 1902 - 13 May 1962 / Birkenhead, England)
Poems by Arthur Seymour John Tessimond : 17 / 45
Empty Room - Poem by Arthur Seymour John Tessimond
The clock disserts on punctuation, syntax.
The clock's voice, thin and dry, asserts, repeats.
The clock insists: a lecturer demonstrating,
Loudly, with finger raised, when the class has gone.
But time flows through the room, light flows through the room
Like someone picking flowers, like someone whistling
Without a tune, like talk in front of a fire,
Like a woman knitting or a child snipping at paper.
Submitted by Stephen Fryer
Poems by Arthur Seymour John Tessimond : 17 / 45
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Read poems about / on: woman, child, fire, light, time, women, flower, children
Poem Submitted: Monday, January 13, 2003
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