Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Brendan McBreen ---- Cento


Cento 1

            Brendan McBreen


It’s the dream we carry
From the Northern lakes with the reeds and rushes,
for the thoughts we share
not ready to give it over
to the eternal surf, to Time!
Swallow this, it will make you well.
Come stand with me, look forward, not back,
For this is love and nothing else is love,


            A Cento is a form where each line is taken from another poem.

            Olav H. Hauge, Borealis, translated by Robert Hadin
            Andrew Barton Paterson, The Black Swans
            Nikki Giovanni, A Poem of Friendship
            Naomi Shihab Nye, Boy and Egg
            Pablo Neruda, Always, translator not named
            Ogden Nash, Adventures Of Isabel
            Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Let us not be bitter
            Robert Frost, A Prayer in Spring

3 comments:

  1. Ahh, I like this...I may get the urge to try this form sometime myself. I love it that you have included Ogden Nash and Robert Frost.

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  2. Brendan, nice job. And thanks for sharing a new form!

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