Snide, and: More to Come
- Snide, and: More to Come
Snide
Sly and SnideLive in one houseWhen Sly comes inSnide goes outTo snipe, deride—No virtues win—Nor can one hideVices from him
More to Come
A piece of your mindIs no more than thatTo give your allYou must call backWith yet anotherPiece of your mind—Unchanged, intact. [End Page 489]
Samuel Menashe
Samuel Menashe (1925–2011) was the first recipient of the Neglected Masters Prize of the Poetry Foundation, and Christopher Ricks's Samuel Menashe: New and Selected Poems was published by the Library of America in conjunction with that award. Menashe's first book, No Jerusalem But This, published in 1971, was praised by Stephen Spender for "language intense and clear as diamonds."
