Robert Francis recites his poem, "Paradox"

Robert Francis recites his poem, "Paradox"

Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
Poetry

Robert Francis recites his poem, "Paradox," while standing by a raspberry bush. This clip is from the raw footage filmed for the "Robert Francis: Through the Looking Glass" documentary.

Fain Gildea (writer/producer), David Skillicorn (videographer)

Jones Library Special Collections

1979

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From the Robert Francis Collection

English

Motion pictures

1/2 inch EIAJ-1 tape

27 seconds

MPEG-4

Union Video Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Filmed by Fain Gildea and David Skillicorn

A raspberry often
hides itself even
while publicizing itself.

Red deep red
yes, but half-
concealed in leaves.

What raspberry picker
does not know
the teasing paradox?

The same paradox
that I myself
(forgive me) am.