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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BRANCUSI'S GOLDEN BIRD, by MINA LOY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The toy become the aesthetic archetype Last Line: In gorgeous reticence Alternate Author Name(s): Cravan, Arthur, Mrs.; Lowy, Mina Gertrude; Haweis, Stephen, Mrs. | |||
The toy become the aesthetic archetype As if some patient peasant God had rubbed and rubbed the Alpha and Omega of Form into a lump of metal A naked orientation unwinged unplumed the ultimate rhythm has lopped the extremities of crest and claw from the nucleus of flight The absolute act of art conformed to continent sculpture -bare as the brow of Osiris- this breast of revelation an incandescent curve licked by chromatic flames in labyrinths of reflections This gong of polished hyperaesthesia shrills with brass as the aggressive light strikes its significance The immaculate conception of the inaudible bird occurs in gorgeous reticence | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ITALIAN PICTURES: JULY IN VALLOMBROSA by MINA LOY ITALIAN PICTURES: THE COSTA SAN GIORGIO by MINA LOY LOVE SONGS TO JOANNES by MINA LOY THREE MOMENTS IN PARIS: 1. ONE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT by MINA LOY APOLOGY OF A GENIUS by MINA LOY STARRY SKY OF WYNDHAM LEWIS by MINA LOY THERE IS NO LIFE OR DEATH by MINA LOY |
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