A Crapsey Phrasis Recited
CRAPSEY PHRASIS
To the heart of the matter,
windblown by gusty amazements,
a richness and complexity,fine
and delicate, the beauty of verse.
Co-existent speech by ‘ear’ and
reason tested,not in arrogance
but humility and subtlety of form.
Questions,most alluring,novelty
foreshadowed by conscious perception.
Far and leisured was the journey,the
prosodaic discerned by a sense
of rhythm.The lyrical contrast of
speech appears musical and
temporal in the listener’s ear.
From Adelaide Crapsey’s ‘Study of Metrics ‘1918
Listen to me recited my Crapsey phrasis on youtube under my pen name ichthyschiro
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