Putnam patriot., 1927-09-23

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 and Opened by
 Arthur Sherburue Hardy
 When this distinguished writer con sented to act as BROADCASTER for the book of Pumfret verse, it was q f9regone conclusion there would be a general tuning in.'
 Good morning. Everybody.
 This IS station AAZ.
 Pomfret Centre. CT.
 Please stand by for the Elite hour
 LING
 Makers of sonnets, odes. and lays. StornelT. rispetti. and triolets. Ners lihres and qJatraiHs-
 In every product heart plus brains Whose slogan is Psgasf,S. SdHs Sp5tr.
 sdHs re6as
 It is the hapbiest of f0rewords for this adventure of a community into the field of literature. IL strikes the note of up to the moment moderuIty without sacrificing n any degree the grace and charm of Mr. Hardy pen. The twenty-five poems thus intro dueed are anonymous. Now | review cr of poetry should be q poet. and a critic of anything anonymous should be q diplomat Co boot The present writer being neither is torn between petuauIng for permission to carry arms, and assuming the courage to "Unarmed, face danger with a heart
 of trust
 Best of all, perhaps, to resort to the attitude described by the established bromide, T don't know anything about art. but know what like, and dis charge, as may bc, an obligation fore ed upon one
 BOX = might be classified as d vol ume of Verses Grave and Gay. The grave predomiuate. There are three sunnets in tht book. all If them good two of them excellent, one of them probably the best poem in the volume Of the pieces ''in lighter vein. @gBEbIEAtE, ard ITO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. seem to show the s3me technique; skilltul thrust and toIl; clever fencing, with. here and there. q swift rapier thrust. FMS, from | different pen tor sn Nc be Ievet is a ruIliclng defiant bit df braeadoee.E mi into tha mouths of all IIpets assembled within these covers All iheee ef thest pieces afe gently atifirai5 HIf Jht thought Is kindly. and the rhyme juegiery throughout Is af au excellence
 AND THERE WAS < GREAT fIATTERISG IN HE DINING ROOM also of thi- group of lighter verse. ls graphic eefs d, gnelfte. = kctehlug pe6haps undulE mefalized BE thf closing stauZa
 THE FOXY KITTY. another poem of this division has he distine= ton of being the only narrative com position in the book. IL Is war time ditty. and was evidently not written expressly for this volume. nor can 1t be said to express the personality" of its author. which predatory note to the book leads us t0 expect; but it has its place here as badinage.
 MY JESSIE. though 1t must be classified under Lighter Vein. IS a true poem In fancy, in pictorial quail ity, in dietion in music, t k charm ing
 Sc much for "Verses Gay" .'Verses Grave fall into two classes: those in praise of Pomfret. and those voicing personal thought or feeling.
 "IN POMFRET HILLS" is pleas ant tribute to q noble countryside. The challenge in il to those who would, for love of these hills. forego the world. k excellent and well answered
 FAIR POMFRET" again sings of the beloved spot. It seems a bit un- gracious to challenge its imagery; yet. "Staid, dgnified. and proud, she purrs" seems not quite happy meta phor; while Boys play upon her great green breast k even more disturbing. Such figure of speech looks both ways and the thought of boys playing upon any sort of breast k bit shock ing.
 "POMFRET IN OCTOBER the third poem in this group is. now ear nest. now playful The third stanza opens with a melodious couplet,- The sun, in glory blazes forth at
 noon,
 At night, all silver shines the hunt
 CTS moon.
 and, in the concluding lines, aims at and brings to earthl an interesting, if not quite perfect, rhyme And, if to such small things your
 heart is eallous,
 What say you to Aurora Borealis?o The poem closes well. with q really zestful couplet;
 "No lack of drink shall serve to keep
 you sober
 When Pomfret pours you out good
 October
 All three 1f these poems in praise of Pomfret build to a climax that challenges appreciation.
 In large proportion of the more personal pieces in this division of Box 72, there is po!snaney of feeling that one hopes belongs rather to the poem than to the poet. There is an almost anatomical barring of the heart at times
 THE HEART AND THE GAR DEN, ]" SONG. SPRING, " THE FEAR OF LIVING" ENDED" MADNESS" and THE CRY OF THE MOTHERS" are examples of
 
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