Poet John Fandel
The poet John Fandel recently passed away. Below is a poem from his book Bach & a Catbird published in the late 70's.
Laws
How the wind shook the FULL STOP sign!
How the Law stood up to it, twinned!
Neither seemed one to resign-
Though it looked pretty good for the wind.
Wind was its own legislature;
FULL STOP shook FULL STOPS like a clan.
But when has the law of nature
Ever bowed to the laws of man.
Laws
How the wind shook the FULL STOP sign!
How the Law stood up to it, twinned!
Neither seemed one to resign-
Though it looked pretty good for the wind.
Wind was its own legislature;
FULL STOP shook FULL STOPS like a clan.
But when has the law of nature
Ever bowed to the laws of man.
posted by Andy Fraenkel at 6:08 PM
1 Comments:
Andy: Thanks for posting. John Fandel was a great poet who, sadly, did not get the recognition that his amazing poems deserved! I corresponded with him during his last two years. He was a kind and gracias man - those who had him as a teacher, I'm sure, would concur.I have a fairly large collection of his books and chapbooks, many of which the great poet supplied me with!
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