TEACHING DEATH
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Herbert Woodward Martin
Herbert Woodward Martin has been The University of Dayton's poet-in-residence for over two decades. Martin has published four books of poetry and a monograph on Paul Laurence Dunbar. He is currently seeking a publisher for a book-length collection of poems about people with AIDS and a long series of poems called "Final W" about his mother dying from cancer. His poems have been published in academic publications and such national magazines as Poetry and the George Washington Review. By Herbert Woodward Martin
Published on 10/6/2003
come alive moonlight
black as affliction
work hard as slavery
the nature of cursed words
unanxious to be heard
like a violent soldier
black as affliction
work hard as slavery
the nature of cursed words
unanxious to be heard
like a violent soldier
come alive moonlight
black as affliction
work hard as slavery
the nature of cursed words
unanxious to be heard
like a violent soldier
who speaks having
been taught the ultimate
skill of violence.
that soldier arranges
his sunglasses against
the morning sun because
his eyes have gone
spontaneous berserk
like butterflies
springing forth from
cocoons of night.
Copyright © Herbert Woodward Martin, 2003. All Rights Reserved.
black as affliction
work hard as slavery
the nature of cursed words
unanxious to be heard
like a violent soldier
who speaks having
been taught the ultimate
skill of violence.
that soldier arranges
his sunglasses against
the morning sun because
his eyes have gone
spontaneous berserk
like butterflies
springing forth from
cocoons of night.
Copyright © Herbert Woodward Martin, 2003. All Rights Reserved.