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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARTISTS, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER First Line: Long have they borne god's hate Last Line: They dare to thrive. Subject(s): Art & Artists | |||
Long have they borne God's hate Whose blood in ignorance commits the theft Of His first attribute; Whose hands less strong than deft, Wringing hard breath from color, word and stone Strive to create— Reduced and smeared, but living as His own— Life's hidden root. Not in His image, neither by His rules, They summon forth the sun, define the shade; And with a driven strength Lift up his heavy tools. Their worlds once made, Have neither breadth nor length, Yet in them thunders roll And lightning plays; The glitter of a thing once dead and now alive Asserts its soul— Born of a dwarfed, distorted seven days They dare to thrive. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD AND THE NEW MASTERS by RANDALL JARRELL TO A YOUNG ARTIST by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS ART VS. TRADE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE POET VISITS THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS by MARY OLIVER ON PASSION AS A LITERARY TRADITION by JOHN CIARDI 800,000 VIBRATIONS TO THE SECOND by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER |
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