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[This untitled poem first appeared in Author/Poet, No. 75, Thom Henricks Associates, July/August, 1968. It was reprinted in Merlin's Magic as "No Hymn is Sung to Praise." It was included in my first chapbook, The Lady in the Pink Hat, Candor Press, 1969.]

No hymn is sung to praise The beauty now undone by time; Where once the lauds and gracious Prose were flung out, as will be These travesties of nature's levity. Then does all beauty fade, thus Frail her lovely moments pass away And crumble like the broken vase The withered rose upon the wilted stem.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/12/2021 6:38:00 AM

"Prose were flung out, as will be These travesties of nature's levity." I have to say I love hymns, and I do fling out the prose!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/12/2021 7:31:00 AM

I have no idea what I was thinking when I wrote this, but a few editors seemed to like it.

Sotto Poet

Date: 4/10/2021 10:49:00 AM

This is an excellent piece of poetry that you should remember. Have a great weekend

L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/10/2021 11:13:00 AM

Thanks so much, Lasaad. I'm having such a good time re-reading poems I wrote many years ago from my first chapbook, which was recently obtained from library archives.