London Poetry Review » R.H. Morrison http://londonpoetryreview.com Britain's leading publication dedicated to traditional poetry. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:53:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 THE THUMBSCREW http://londonpoetryreview.com/2008/07/the-thumbscrew/ http://londonpoetryreview.com/2008/07/the-thumbscrew/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:53 +0000 R.H. Morrison http://newformalistpress.com/londonpoetryreview.com/?p=45 Very good that this torment should be
housed behind glass,
that the screams should be
sterilized in the antiseptic past.

And better that those who turned the screw
tighter and deeper
are the ones who were destined to lose
most by the deed.

But best of all that some men could stay
silent, not faltering,
and cheat dogma by laying their pain
on a most holy altar.

 

 

 

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