Readers of traditional poetry who enjoy the sonnet, triolet, rondeau, sestina, and villanelle as well as ballads and modern forms of verse, will find solace in "The Catharsis of Form." The Catharsis of Form by Larry Levy Order the complete book from the publisher Booklocker.com http://www.booklocker.com/p/books/9380.html?s=pdf or from your favorite neighborhood or online bookstore. Copyright © 2017 Neil Larry Levy ISBN: 978-1-63492-566-2 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Published by BookLocker.com, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A. Printed on acid-free paper. The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any simi- larity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not in- tended by the author. BookLocker.com, Inc. 2017 First Edition Contents The Catharsis of Form ....................................................................... 11 The Nude .......................................................................................... 13 Sculptors and Poets ........................................................................... 14 How I Pity the Undiscerning Eye ..................................................... 15 Beauty is No Crime .......................................................................... 16 My Dear Villanelle ............................................................................ 17 Spin ................................................................................................... 18 Lotus ................................................................................................. 19 The Muse .......................................................................................... 20 In Common Time .............................................................................. 21 Where is the Gavel? .......................................................................... 22 Either/Or ........................................................................................... 23 Song for the Wind ............................................................................. 24 What Will Be? ................................................................................... 25 The Libertine .................................................................................... 26 Needles and Egos .............................................................................. 27 Pondering .......................................................................................... 28 Ghosts ............................................................................................... 29 Sonnet for a Departed Friend ............................................................ 30 I Can't Remember When I Died ........................................................ 31 Three Roads ...................................................................................... 32 An Autumnal Soliloquy .................................................................... 33 The Princess ...................................................................................... 34 She .................................................................................................... 35 Sleeping with a Ghost ....................................................................... 37 Marrowbone ...................................................................................... 38 Acceptance ........................................................................................ 39 How Hard it is to Practice Indifference ............................................ 40 The Jar .............................................................................................. 41 Lately I Have Become Obsessed with Peace .................................... 42 Miss .................................................................................................. 43 What is the Litmus Test for Depression? .......................................... 44 Relive ................................................................................................ 45 Infatuation ......................................................................................... 46 5 Neil Larry Levy Jerusalem .......................................................................................... 47 Was God Above Nature a Strategy? ................................................. 48 Longing ............................................................................................ 49 Is God Playing Numbers? ................................................................. 50 Justice ............................................................................................... 51 Intuition ............................................................................................ 52 The Chain ......................................................................................... 53 Small ................................................................................................. 54 I Cry to the Mother of Earthly Things .............................................. 55 The More I Live ............................................................................... 56 Upon the Young and Impatient Heart ............................................... 57 Choice ............................................................................................... 58 The Dichotomy of Hell and Heaven ................................................. 59 Transfiguration ................................................................................. 61 Immortality Comes Back and Dies .................................................. 62 Sarsaparilla ....................................................................................... 63 6 The Catharsis of Form The Nude The nude should not be in motion A still life is what makes it art. Implied movement stirs emotion The nude should not be in motion. A sculptor shows true devotion Chipping away to form each part. The nude should not be in motion A still life is what makes it art. 13 Readers of traditional poetry who enjoy the sonnet, triolet, rondeau, sestina, and villanelle as well as ballads and modern forms of verse, will find solace in "The Catharsis of Form." The Catharsis of Form by Larry Levy Order the complete book from the publisher Booklocker.com http://www.booklocker.com/p/books/9380.html?s=pdf or from your favorite neighborhood or online bookstore. .