Poems 1968-1998 by Paul Muldoon

Author:Paul Muldoon [Paul Muldoon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571263882
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2011-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

The patriot, fresh from Freedom’s councib come,

now pleased retires to lash his slaves at home;

or woo, perhaps, some black Aspasia’s charms,

and dream of freedom in his bondsmaid’s arms.

Merry’s seal is of ivory set in jade

and reads, predictably,

[MAIMON]

Amidst oohs and ahs and clucks and cackles

the Mandan girls take turns to wet

their fingers and rub the charcoal

from what must be York’s underlying white.

[GODWIN]

Needless to say, these are not girls but berdashes

who beckon him into their earth lodge

near a maelstrom

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