Intermezzo [poem]
Media
Part of The Carolinian
- Title
- Intermezzo [poem]
- Creator
- San Luis, Carolina Quibilan
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1956
- Rights
-
- Fulltext
- Intermezzo ’>!! CAROLINA QUIBILAN-SAN LUIS The Queen breezed in, Sailing along the nocturnal deep. Flashing a steering light For those who've gone to sleep. The hubbub, the din, honking horns, speeding rigs, rhythmic clatter of horses' feet, full-blast radios, jubilant kids, cha-cha hits of juke-boxes, ceased . . . The city life died out. liebeslraurn, a serenade, a dream of love, a song, a violin, a guitar, an air, such artful finger-work, a reverie in weary slumber. . . . A nightful wholesome quietude. Fair Aurora peeping by From the crimson eastern bed. Hours fleet by, hour on five, To Holy House pilgrims tread. well-lighted candelabra gleamed, multi-colored flow'rs embellished the altar, attractive nosegays, soft strains of organ hymns sincere whispers of earnest prayer . . . Adorned the House of God. a half-hour devotion, betwixt night and day, a retrospection of deeds, of sin or of honor, contrition or gratitude . . . An interlude of life. The King now reigns supreme, Over the vast azure space, The disk with light of fame, The light of life from aged face. cars, horses, men, women, to, fro, here, there, sing, fret, smile, cry, walk, run, jump, sit, music, laughter, grief, galore . . . A rhapsody of living life. the dewdrop-moistened verdure, half-ope'd buds, sweet aroma, yawning kids, howling pets, chirping birds, emblems of daytime life, men to office, women to chores. . . Greet the ennui of life. SUMMER, 1956 Page 13