Poems

Night The night proceeds and dwindling Prepares the day’s rebirth. An airman is ascending Above the sleeping earth. And almost disappearing In cloud, a tiny spark, […]

Nostalgia To give this book a dedication The desert sickened, And lions roared, and dawns of tigers Took hold of Kipling. A dried-up well of dreadful […]

O had I known that thus it happens… O had I known that thus it happens, When first I started, that at will Your lines with […]

Oh terrible, beloved! A poet’s loving Oh terrible, beloved! A poet’s loving Is a restless god’s passionate rage, And chaos out into the world comes creeping, […]

On a fateful day, an unlucky time On a fateful day, an unlucky time, Unannounced, it may happen thus: Stifling, blacker still than a monastery Utter […]

On Early Trains This winter I was outside Moscow, But when the time for work came round, Through the blizzard, biting frost and snow, I made […]

On The Steamer The stir of leaves, the chilly morning air Were like delirium; half awake Jaws clamped; the dawn beyond the Kama glared Blue, as […]

Out of Superstition A box of glazed sour fruit compact, My narrow room. And oh the grime of lodging rooms This side the tomb! This cubbyhole, […]

Parting A man is standing in the hall His house not recognizing. Her sudden leaving was a flight, Herself, maybe, surprising. The chaos reigning in the […]

Ploughing Time What is the matter with the landscape? Familiar landmarks are not there. Ploughed fields, like squares upon a chessboard, Today are scattered everywhere. The […]