Poems

Love– THE fierce exulting worlds, the motes in rays, The churlish thistles, scented briers, The wind-swept bluebells on the sunny braes, Down to the central fires, […]

To– THE BROKEN moon lay in the autumn sky, And I lay at thy feet; You bent above me; in the silence I Could hear my […]

I Am Going to Sleep Teeth of flowers, hairnet of dew, hands of herbs, you, perfect wet nurse, prepare the earthly sheets for me and the […]

Lighthouse in the Night The sky a black sphere, the sea a black disk. The lighthouse opens its solar fan on the coast. Spinning endlessly at […]

Little Little Man Little little man, little little man, set free your canary that wants to fly. I am that canary, little little man, leave me […]

Sleep Peacefully You said the word that enamors My hearing. You already forgot. Good. Sleep peacefully. Your face should Be serene and beautiful at all hours. […]

Sweet Torture My melancholy was gold dust in your hands; On your long hands I scattered my life; My sweetnesses remained clutched in your hands; Now […]

They’ve Come Today my mother and sisters came to see me. I had been alone a long time with my poems, my pride . . . […]

Agatha SHE wanders in the April woods, That glisten with the fallen shower; She leans her face against the buds, She stops, she stoops, she plucks […]

At His Grave LEAVE me a little while alone, Here at his grave that still is strown With crumbling flower and wreath; The laughing rivulet leaps […]