7 AUGUST 1953, Page 8

R o nd o Thrown the moon between child and girl the toy

in the sky as still as a dream the dream that is round as a toy balloon as round as a hoop that swallows the moon.

The moon thrown between girl and woman the mouth in the sky as warm as a flame the flame that burns in the hoop of bone the broken balloon where the toy was thrown.

MARGARET CROSLAND.