ART HISTORY

They made the grey stone
Blossom, setting it on a branch
Of the mind; airy cathedrals
Grew, trembling at the tip
Of their breathing; delicate palaces
Hung motionless in the gold,
Unbelievable sunrise. They praised
With rapt forms such as the blind hand
Dreamed, journeying to its sad
Nuptials. We come too late
On the scene, pelted with the stone
Flowers' bitter confetti.











"Art History,"
from Not That He Brought Flowers
You can also find this in
COLLECTED POEMS 1945-1990(J.M.Dent, 1993).


image: Eglwys-fach church(taken by Yoshifum! Nagata