NICHOLAS MOORE, SPLEEN,SONG

(“Grün, grün... die Welt ist grün
Über über Die Jungfrau”)

Brown blotch grey veins
petal of iris
on my canopy:
cool beauty

Breast and throat.

Ion,
Boy King of gold

Blood, war,
the chorus
prancing like a fool

Death of the Race

0 Rome...
Corruption in green veins,
snake-coiling Lethe,
green

(green as the green of youth)
green as decay.

H.N.
(Helga Nevvadotoomuch)
c/o Lord Godmanchester (Gumster),
The John Peelcroft Hadmanchester Podgoets,
Night Slide Clubb,
P.O. Box iAA,
B.B.C. -wise,
W.I

 (“Grün, grün... die Welt ist grün
Über über Die Jungfrau”)

l marrone macchia le grigie vene
petalo d' iris
sul baldacchino del mio letto:
fresca bellezza

Seno e gola

Ion,
Re fanciullo d' oro

sangue, guerra,
il coro
saltella come un cretino

Morte della Razza

Oh Roma...
Corruzione nelle vene verdi,
serpentino Lethe
verde

( verde come il verde della  gioventù)
verde come la putrefazione

H.N.
(Helga Nevvadotoomuch)
c/o Lord Godmanchester (Gumster),
The John Peelcroft Hadmanchester Podgoets,
Night Slide Clubb,
P.O. Box iAA,
B.B.C. -wise,
W.I