{"id":4289,"date":"2015-06-13T18:43:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T18:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2015-06-13T18:43:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T18:43:42","slug":"the-swarm-a-poem-by-r-w-haynes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/the-swarm-a-poem-by-r-w-haynes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swarm. A Poem by R.W. Haynes"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
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\nOld words keep some kinds of resonance
\nWhen breathed, yet on the page they show
\nA coolness and an insincerity
\nWhich dry up drama, let the steam escape
\nFrom warm expression, draw the judging eye
\nOf the critic or call for disdain.
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\nSo this is a spell for mandolin and harp,
\nFor just-contained jealousy and spite,
\nFor confidences and for bloody threats
\nWhispered outside taverns in starlight.
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\nIf you step up and turn your head a bit
\nTo hear, your eyes alight to learn my news
\nOf dangers and delights and hidden traps,
\nI will assure you, though my words be old,
\nMy voice is haunted through and through by songs
\nBeaten in breasts through torment and hope,
\nChorused in kitchen and down country roads,
\nAlive as your eyes to our destinies,
\nResonating like a tense swarm of bees.<\/strong>
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\nR. W. Haynes has taught literature at Texas A&M International University since 1992. His recent interests include the early British sonnet, and he is completing a second book on the Texas playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote (1916-2009). In his poetry, Haynes seeks to celebrate life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness without sounding any more dissonant notes than he has to. In fiction, he works toward grasping that part of the past which made its mark on his generation. He enjoys teaching drama, especially the Greeks, Ibsen, and Shakespeare, and he devoutly hopes for a stunning literary Renaissance in South Texas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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