Pictures in a Room

by J.A.Bosworth

The editor writes:This brand new collection of poems by the New Traditionist poet J.A.Bosworth was inspired by the decorations on the walls of his Swiss penthouse appartment. They were all written in early 1998 and are copyrighted. Please contact the poet for permission to use. ed.

Poems by title.
HYLAS
BATH
POLYPHEMUS
IMPOSSIBLE CUBOID
ISOMETRICS
FLAMING JUNE
BOND OF UNION
ST. ANTHONY
THE "BELVEDERE"
THE LAST SUPPER
CRICKET
ELEMENTAL INFLUENCES

                   HYLAS


            (After: J.W.Waterhouse)

  Leaving his fellow Argonauts on the shore
Hunting fresh food, (himself in search of water clean
And cool), he chanced across a lily-flowered pool
Deep in the shady forest. As he filled his flask,
(Fisrt tasting that pure sweetness), to his side
Swam silently some naked water-nymphs, whose charms
Enchanted him so much he quite forgot his quest.
Putting aside his ship-soiled clothes, he plunged to join
The lovely creatures sporting in the pond's green waves.
  When he did not return the Argonauts made search -
Distraught huge Hercules urging them to more haste - 
But found of their lost shipmate not a trace, except
His garments and the half-filled flask, besides the water's edge,
And voice-like murmers mounting from the lilies and the sedge.

J.A.Bosworth