The Bird in the Room
In the quiet room, a bird sings softly.
to a Roman likeness, epitaphium in a tomb,
its song whispers through the poet’s home.
On Romney St., the man stands tall and proud,
an Italian chest holds secrets hidden,
a Castilian’s dream is by time unbidden.
Where the cobbler in Willow Street toils,
Monseigneur plays a French clock’s chime,
Echoing whispers from another time.
Near Auvergne’s caves and ancient graves,
the bird in the room sings a timeless tune,
under painted stars, in the candle-lit room.
The bird’s song lingers, dispelling the gloom,
as hansom cabbies on cobbled stones ride,
through streets where history and the present collide.
Table of Contents constraint poetry project. In this constraint, a poetry anthology originally published in 1925 was used. In each chapter section, titles were organized by theme and used to create a new poem.
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