Master’s Class

William Shakespeare shook out the cobble stones And delivered us the metaphor of morality and love Psychology and introspection a History of the rise and fall of Kings. As this foundation stuck to the ages And was carried on small wagons across American plains to fill cold nights with Tales and poetry opening up the Minds of young industrious Yankees.

So Whitman took the book and transposed The old English voice into the rambling Preamble of the Frontier Epic. To open the roads to dreams of new beginnings In a place where Men's spirit alone can create Everything he needs to be whole. Here in The Wild Yonder…where he mends walls with Frost.

A stone’s turn To William’s rigid Architecture Constructed Modernism A new rhythm Inflamed With Jazz And a desire To vanquish Sentimentalities And strip The poetic Vocal chord Down To its Objective Objectified Truth that Documents but Leaves the Spirit Longing— The point— Perhaps in This dis- Enfranchised Voice song without It’s own desires — attachments