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Spinning Top.(Poem)

Quadrant

| December 01, 2002 | Blaylock, Karen | COPYRIGHT 2002 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
SPINNING TOP 
 
   There were times, on a wet day, 
   I had the run of the lino-floor, 
   For a go with the top, to send it away: 
   There was wishing in the pump, for 
   absolute or more. 
   The silver-twisted stem disappeared, hazed; 
   I liked the opposition of vigour in the drill, 
   All-the-time twirling. Shapes amassed, 
   Bright tin ...
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