101 Selected Poems
by John Xavier
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A compilation of free poetry taken from selected collections by the author, which are also available here on Obooko. Available instantly as a PDF download
157 pages. 20,857 words. A compilation of poetry taken from the following collections: 1985 and Other Poems, BIAS, Prae Scriptum, I Narcissus, and The Gestalt Prism.
Sample Poem:
SHEELER’S CHURCH STREET EL
Sunrise in sharp divide, the luminous
Barracks of industry an anvil
Where the darkness is
Bent into long beams; a monolith
Broken by the bright morning
There is the presence of the divine here
As if evil, weighted with sloth, was still keen to sleep,
The early hours pristine and free of ill intent;
A quiet nearly paradisiacal
But this is not heaven
Even in its beauty and charisma, the dawn
Promises a day’s toil;
Providence, a tycoon relentless in their timekeeping,
Regardless of any moral ambition
The way the world trudges through its tasks,
A dedication by those
Who sense something, but only dimly
Humanity freighted to its tedious duties, trains
Stuffed with passengers
Bound to a thousand professions
And the lives they’re led to, ruled by logistics,
A governing terminus
Hush in its distant convergence
How precise and unstated
All this precision, paved and erected into
Fabricated edifice;
Art and worship in radius
