FRA LIPPO LIPPI
(1416-69)

With a fiery wind of poetry
cast on the paint
to Robert Browning
in his middle ages
among the saintly picture
he draws "Fra Lippo Lippi"
at his crowning glory
with a priority
of a monk who blessed
as their sin is confessed
sunk in poetic languages
of Greek and Latin
in the satin background
as the choir alights in
and engages
in a Florentine cloister
from the Carmelites sound
singing by the orchestra
with wine and bread
of the sacrament.