Poems

Villanelle of Ye Young Poet’s First… To sing the charms of Rosabelle, To pour my soul out at her feet, I try to write this villanelle. […]

Thrust And Riposte …The time has come, now, to suspend the suspension of every worldly deception – wished for by you for me… Living on memories […]

Old Friendship Beautiful and rich is an old friendship, Grateful to the touch as ancient ivory, Smooth as aged wine, or sheen of tapestry Where light […]

Presence of Eternity The stone grows old. Eternity is not for stones. But I shall go down from this airy space, this swift white peace, this […]

The Drug Clerk The drug clerk stands behind the counter Young and dapper and debonair…. Before him burn the great unwinking lights The hectic stars of […]

The Most Sacred Mountain Space, and the twelve clean winds of heaven, And this sharp exultation, like a cry, after the slow six thousand steps of […]

Ballade 1 The stag was very proud of his swiftness, Of running ten miles in one breath, And the wild boar was proud to be fierce, […]

Ballade 2 In Antwerp, Bruges, Ostend and Ghent I used to order food with flair, But in every inn to which I went They always brought […]

Rondeau Fleas, stink, pigs, mold, The gist of the Bohemian soul, Bread and salted fish and cold. Leeks, and cabbage three days old, Smoked meat, as […]

Advent 1916 I dreamt last night Christ came to earth again To bless His own. My soul from place to place On her dream-quest sped, seeking […]