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Of Times and Legends Past
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THE ARTS
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11 / 1991 |
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Patrick Hare
Patrick Hare is a widely published poet who lives in Malvern,
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Antiques
So may tables
Packed in one room
Set with unmatching services
By an old maid
From what she remembers.
She has placed
Parrots and parasols
In the embarrassed laps of chairs
And tipped out trinkets
Like a child dressing up.
This anteroom
Was as far as she
Could bring the furniture,
Her employers
Traveling on.
Her carelessness shows
They'll not be back
Demanding old arrangements.
Faces tight
The clocks have stopped.
The Window
Each morning at this time
The light begins
Its hopeful travel,
Giving us below
A sense of moving
To our destination.
We look up at those we follow
Guessing their conversation and
their names.
There are Lords and poor men,
Ladies with lilies,
Conquerors in armour
and tiny hill-top cities.
From behind the head
Of her child the crescent smile
Of the madonna is like
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