THE WAR MAGICIAN (Poems by Henry Kanabus)

POEMS by HENRY KANABUS . Selected New Poems by Illinois Arts Council Award Winner

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

TORCH SONG

On Armitage avenue
they are wrapping
old blouses
about long branches

They are binding
with twine
the crinoline kerosene
loving the gibbous moon

A spark is struck
and lord we have
a town engaged
in violence

In winter the folk
lean gently toward arson.
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      • THE FIRST DREAM
      • THE MARRIAGE CART
      • MR. INVOCAL NED IN WINTER
      • FLY PAPER
      • RETURNING TO EUROPE
      • THE STANDING PARTY
      • THE BOTANIST'S WOMAN
      • LAURA ON THE ROOF
      • WAX SEAL IN RED (1936)
      • THE BELLY COMB
      • THE BAD MONKEY
      • THE MISER STONE
      • YOUR CHILD IS WEEPING
      • TO LOVE IN JANUARY
      • SKY CITY
      • RED LIPSTICK . THE GIRL
      • THE HAZE REPORT (1943)
      • BAD TIMES FOR LONERS
      • CARGO AND FATA MORGANA
      • FLOATERS
      • THE CLINGING MONKEY
      • SEEDS FROM SPACE
      • MISTER GEIGER'S WIFE
      • PARCHED NUMBERS
      • TORCH SONG
      • THE CELLO IN THE FOREST
      • WHITE SHIPS
      • THE GNAWING CLASS

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