HERO
by Karen Massey
Bard on a quest,
Quaint uncouth dreamer,
Vices and strange fists
Of beauty and grief;
Sweet, everlasting glad
Ward of the earth,
Searching
SOURCE: “The Frogs” by Archibald Lampman,1887.
SOURCE BOOK: Lampman’s Sonnets 1884-1899 (Borealis Press, 1976), page 21.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Karen Massey lives in Ottawa, Canada. Her work has been published online and in journals and anthologies in Canada and the US including Decalogue: Ten Ottawa Poets (Chaudiere Books) and Bukowski Erasure Poetry Anthology and May Poetry Anthology (both from Silver Birch Press). Her second chapbook, Strange Fits of Beauty & Light (above/ground press) launches in December.
Well-crafted and represented! Karen, if you have more of these, you should consider submitting them to Minerva Rising. I’d love to see some erasure poems – it’s an under appreciated art form – but it’s always a challenge to figure out how to print them up. I love how you’ve done yours.
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Love erasure poems. These work well as writing activities in the classroom too!
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