Poems

D.G.Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti Buried all of his libretti, Thought the matter over – then Went and dug them up again.

Daylight Saving My answers are inadequate To those demanding day and date And ever set a tiny shock Through strangers asking what’s o’clock; Whose days are […]

De Profundis Oh, is it, then, Utopian To hope that I may meet a man Who’ll not relate, in accents suave, The tales of girls he […]

Dilemma If I were mild, and I were sweet, And laid my heart before your feet, And took my dearest thoughts to you, And hailed your […]

Distance Were you to cross the world, my dear, To work or love or fight, I could be calm and wistful here, And close my eyes […]

Epitaph The first time I died, I walked my ways; I followed the file of limping days. I held me tall, with my head flung up, […]

Epitaph for a Darling Lady All her hours were yellow sands, Blown in foolish whorls and tassels; Slipping warmly through her hands; Patted into little castles. […]

Experience Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you; And that cleans up the matter.

Fable Oh, there once was a lady, and so I’ve been told, Whose lover grew weary, whose lover grew cold. “My child,” he remarked, “though our […]

Fair Weather This level reach of blue is not my sea; Here are sweet waters, pretty in the sun, Whose quiet ripples meet obediently A marked […]