Poetry:

You fit into me
Musée des Beaux Arts,

pied beauty
traveling through the dark.

Sudden journey
acquainted with the night,

digging
delight in disorder.

A noiseless patient spider,
in a station of the Metro,

metaphors
God's grandeur;

Life cycle of common man
living in sin.



- ksm / 2015


This is a Cento made from the titles of random poems by Marianne Moore (Poetry, 1921), Margaret Atwood (You Fit into Me, 1971), W.H. Auden (Musée des Beaux Arts / Museum of Fine Arts, 1940), Gerard Manley Hopkins (Pied Beauty and God's Grandeur, 1877), William Stafford (Traveling Through the Dark, 1962), Tess Gallagher (Sudden Journey, 1984), Robert Frost (Acquainted with the Night, 1928), Seamus Heaney (Digging, 1966), Robert Herrick (Delight in Disorder, 1648), Walt Whitman (A Noiseless Patient Spider, 1881), Ezra Pound (In a Station of the Metro, 1916), Sylvia Plath (Metaphors, 1960), Howard Nemerov (Life Cycle of Common Man, 1960), and Adrienne Rich (Living in Sin, 1955).


26 comments:

  1. Sumana RoyMarch 15, 2015 at 4:50 PM

    love your collage poem Kelvin...

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  2. Jae RoseMarch 15, 2015 at 5:46 PM

    what a wonderful way to compose a poem and so magical..those spiders crossing between real and imagined...patiently waiting

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  3. Old EggMarch 15, 2015 at 6:09 PM

    I played with the lines and found the first and last "You fit into me...Living in sin" which gave me a chuckle.

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  4. PoppyMarch 15, 2015 at 6:28 PM

    What an interesting composition of couplets!

    'A noiseless patient spider,
    in a station of the Metro,'

    I can see this creepy critter, standing absolutely still, being very patient, letting the swarming crowds scurry about the station, to make his move, until the next bunch invade the place!

    Amazing!

    Thanks for sharing, K.S.M.

    Poppy


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  5. MaryMarch 15, 2015 at 7:53 PM

    What a clever poem you have shared this morning, Kelvin. The titles worked very well together to make a complete piece. It drew me in from the beginning, and it intensified until the very end.

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  6. WolfsrosebudMarch 15, 2015 at 8:34 PM

    what fun... lovely patchwork... now I want to try... how big was that spider

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  7. Vandana SharmaMarch 15, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    Great effect!!

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  8. GraceMarch 15, 2015 at 9:45 PM

    Very creative and unique collage ~ It's been some time since I wrote one ~

    Thanks for sharing Kelvin ~

    Happy weekend ~

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  9. scotthastiepoetMarch 15, 2015 at 9:53 PM

    Kelvin, it's been a while... As ever I admire your careful precision and ambition too. Your voice is securely your own, which is probably for rarer than you imagine... Every thing sparkles and works here... A treat! With Best Wishes Scott www.scotthastie.com

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  10. ClaudiaMarch 15, 2015 at 11:30 PM

    ah that is very cool... poem titles surely make for an inspirational scafold for a poem... happy weekend mr. kelvin...smiles

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  11. brudbergMarch 16, 2015 at 12:02 AM

    Oh I love this Kelvin.. so utterly creative to use those titles.. the spiders really makes me want to look behind my back next time I will be travelling...

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  12. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerMarch 16, 2015 at 12:58 AM

    Oh this worked so well Kelvin--love this idea--and its execution--

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  13. ScottlBMarch 16, 2015 at 1:36 AM

    Very interesting and very good work.

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  14. Sherry Blue SkyMarch 16, 2015 at 2:25 AM

    Oh this is interesting.....titles creating a poem! I especially love "pied beauty".

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  15. ZQMarch 16, 2015 at 3:55 AM

    Well done
    ZQ

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  16. Donna@LivingFromHappinessMarch 16, 2015 at 5:55 AM

    Something I had not seen before...a collage of poems...I liked this! Very creative.

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  17. totomaiMarch 16, 2015 at 6:48 AM

    interesting form Kevin.
    the placing of each title doesn't seem forced at all as each is integral to the poem.
    well we are living in sins ...

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  18. Myrna R.March 16, 2015 at 7:04 AM

    I like the title and how all the quotes fit in perfectly in your poem Nice.

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  19. hyperCRYPTICalMarch 16, 2015 at 7:40 AM

    Clever stuff Kelvin.
    Still love your face! (Don't know whether you remember me mentioning that ? years ago.)
    Anna :o]

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  20. TorieMarch 16, 2015 at 7:54 AM

    This is a very interesting form. Very creative! I liked it. " Sudden journey acquainted with the night', awesome lines!

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  21. kaykualaMarch 16, 2015 at 9:55 AM

    How a spider can tell life's journey in man! To think you managed to beautifully weave them all from the various titles is brilliant. Great poetic lingo Kelvin!

    Hank

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  22. AnonymousMarch 16, 2015 at 1:45 PM

    Well done. Great choices,

    Elizabeth

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  23. C.C.March 17, 2015 at 8:04 AM

    "digging delight in disorder"--love the alliteration here, but also the idea of this juxtapositional thought.

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  24. Liz Rice-SosneMarch 17, 2015 at 2:34 PM

    This is spectacular - each stanza unique and a bit startling.

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  25. LocomenteMarch 17, 2015 at 6:17 PM

    The poem looks beautiful... Though speaks abity bitter reality..
    Loved the closing lines -
    "Life cycle of common man
    living in sin."

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  26. Brian MillerMarch 18, 2015 at 8:12 AM

    hey i remember the noiseless patient spider...smiles...
    an interesting swarm of life in this...the last couple lines,
    the life cycle of man...and our ever falling into sin...
    cool cento man...

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Thanks for the kind words!

- kelvin s.m.

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