- Malcolm M. Sedam
- Stone Gulch Poetry Memorial
The Eye of the Beholder
Malcolm M. Sedam
(1921-1976)
The following poems are from The Eye of the Beholder, Chronicle Press, Franklin, OH, 1975. Marilyn Throne prefaces this volume: "How apt the title of the volume is, The Eye of the Beholder, for each of us is a beholder of the world, singularly defining a world that no one else can see because no one else can look through our eyes. Only the artist shares his vision of the world with us.
"This beholder is a poet, Malcolm Sedam, who turns his vision on a crowded life. Nature, people and events are viewed in turn. And through these things which crowd a lifetime, through wars, storms, death, love and people, runs the question, what is man?"
Blue Angels
And I will rise
on wings of splendid fire
and trace a thousand love poems
for the earth’s desire —
And I will climb
through towers of timeless space
and lift my ardent longing
to the sun’s embrace —
And I will soar
across the endless skies
and seek the precious moment
where the deep heart lies —
And I will glide
down halls of velvet white
and spread the golden morning
with a god’s delight —
Love will I bring to you
life will I sing to you
beauty becoming you
faith to ascend —
You look at me amazed?
I will begin again . . .
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