Selected Poems 1943-1966 by Philip Lamantia
Author:Philip Lamantia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-06-13T16:00:00+00:00
MORNING LIGHT SONG
RED DAWN clouds coming up ! the heavens proclaim you, Absolute God
I claim the glory, in you, of singing to you this morning
For I am coming out of myself and Go to you, Lord of the Morning Light
For whatâs a singer worth if he canât talk to you, My God of Light ?
These lines should grow like trees to tie around yr Crown of the Sky
These words should be strong like those of the ancient makers,
O poet of poets
Ancient deity of the poem â
Hereâs spindle tongue of morning riding the flushes of NIGHT
Hereâs gigantic ode of the sky about to turn on the fruits of my lyre
Hereâs Welcome Cry from heart of the womb of words, â Hail, Queen of Night!
Who giveth birth to the Morning Star, Hereâs the quiet cry of stars broken among crockery
Hereâs the spoon of sudden birds wheeling the rains of Zeus
Hereâs the worshipping Eye of my soul stinging the heavens
Hereâs Charmed Bird, zepher of High Crags â jugs of the divine poem
As it weaves terrestial spaces, overturning tombs, breaking hymens
From where cometh this first cry
that my hands go into for the wresting of words
Hereâs my chant to you, Morning of Mornings, God of gods, light of light
Hereâs your singer let loose into the sky of your heaven
For we have come howling and screaming and wailing and I come SINGING
To You who giveth forth the song of songs that I am reborn from its opulence
That I hold converse with your fantasy That I am your beauty
NOT OF THIS WORLD and bring to nothing all that would stop me
From flying straight to your heart whose rays conduct me to the SONG!
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