. The Rotunda . and at HaiTardLaw Sv^hool. Though educated for thelaw, he early turned from that vo-cation to liteiature. So skillful is MacLeish that thoughthe spirit which moves beneath hispoetry is as old as the sung phaseand the unspoken word, the tone ofthese verses is as new as this genera-tion: ARS POETICA A poem should be palpable and muteAs a globed fruit Dumb As old medallions to the thumb Silent as the sleeve-worn stoneOf casement ledges where the mosshas grown— A poem should be wordlessAs the flight of biids A poem should be motionless in timeAs the moon climbs Leaving as the moon
. The Rotunda . and at HaiTardLaw Sv^hool. Though educated for thelaw, he early turned from that vo-cation to liteiature. So skillful is MacLeish that thoughthe spirit which moves beneath hispoetry is as old as the sung phaseand the unspoken word, the tone ofthese verses is as new as this genera-tion: ARS POETICA A poem should be palpable and muteAs a globed fruit Dumb As old medallions to the thumb Silent as the sleeve-worn stoneOf casement ledges where the mosshas grown— A poem should be wordlessAs the flight of biids A poem should be motionless in timeAs the moon climbs Leaving as the moon releasesTwig by twig the night entabled trees. Leaving as the moon behind the win-ter by memory the mind— A poem should be motionless in timeAs the moon climbs A poem should be equal to:Not true For all the history of grief An empty doorway and a maple leave For love The leaning grasses and two lightsabove the sea— A poem should not meanBut be. -MacLedshi THE ROTUNDA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1933. Among those who attended theApple Blossom Festival during thepast week were: Mae Burch, KittyChappell, Helen Cover, Mary Denny, and Katherine Waters. * * * Elizabeth Vassal, Lucille Good, andCarmen Clark spent the week-endwith Mr. and Mrs. Perry Good ofRoanoke, Va. * • * Tho followiiig spent the week-endIn Richmond: Betsy Wilkinson, Nan-cy Burgwyn, Virginia Tliornhill. Hen-rietta Salsbury, Joyce Spencer and Rebecca Cousins. ? ? • Edith Dudley spent the week-end with her parents in Staunton, Va. • * * Those who visited in Lynchburgon the week-end of May 6 were:Alice Harrison, Eileen Howard, CeliaJones, lola Mclntyre, Kathryn Roy-ster, Jane Royall, Alfreda Shields, Josie Spencer, and Louise Van Lear. • • • Elizabeth Kelley was the week-endguest of Captain and Mrs. Crockett of Pork Union, Va. * * * Prances Dorin spent the week-endat her home in Richmond. TRI SIGMA CELEBRATES FOUNDERS DA Y Miss Mebel Lee Walton, of Wood-stock, Virginia, National President ofSigm
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