23 NOVEMBER 1962, page 54

Telephoning Her

The dial spins back, clicks still. Just half an inch Of silence then the abrupt eruption blurts Its two quick jets of noise into his ear. Again the double spurt; again. Three,......

Retort To The Anti-abstractionists

The world had grown too complicated, so He went back to the cause of things and laid The fiery day within an early shade. It was impossible to see things grow. And this he knew......

Easy Passage

The green tree wavers in the rambling wind And shivers into stillness, into what Rambles within the wind and can be caught In sprays of form and blocks of shape and turns Of......

A Walk In The Woods

Do not dismiss me too easily. I have a face other than the one you know. Madam, I could without difficulty destroy you. Did you mark the place where we entered the wood? Oh, it......

Toads Revisited

Walking around in the park Should feel better than work: The lake, the sunshine, The grass to lie on, Blurred playground noises Beyond black-stockinged nurses— Not a bad place......