The Alchemist’s Petition
The Alchemist’s Petition Thou wilt not sentence to eternal life My soul that prays that it may sleep and sleep Like a white statue dropped into […]
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The Amaranth Ah, in the night, all music haunts me here. . . . Is it for naught high Heaven cracks and yawns And the tremendous […]
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The Angel and the Clown I saw wild domes and bowers And smoking incense towers And mad exotic flowers In Illinois. Where ragged ditches ran Now […]
READ MOREThe Bankrupt Peace-Maker
The Bankrupt Peace-Maker I opened the ink-well and smoke filled the room. The smoke formed the giant frog-cat of my doom. His web feet left dreadful […]
READ MOREThe Beggar’s Valentine
The Beggar’s Valentine Kiss me and comfort my heart Maiden honest and fine. I am the pilgrim boy Lame, but hunting the shrine; Fleeing away from […]
READ MOREThe Black Hawk War of the Artists
The Black Hawk War of the Artists WRITTEN FOR LORADO TAFT’S STATUE OF BLACK HAWK AT OREGON, ILLINOIS To be given in the manner of the […]
READ MOREThe Booker Washington Trilogy
The Booker Washington Trilogy I. A NEGRO SERMON:—SIMON LEGREE (To be read in your own variety of negro dialect.) Legree’s big house was white and green. […]
READ MOREThe Broncho That Would Not Be Broken
The Broncho That Would Not Be Broken A little colt — broncho, loaned to the farm To be broken in time without fury or harm, Yet […]
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The Chinese Nightingale A Song in Chinese Tapestries “How, how,” he said. “Friend Chang,” I said, “San Francisco sleeps as the dead— Ended license, lust and […]
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The City That Will Not Repent Climbing the heights of Berkeley Nightly I watch the West. There lies new San Francisco, Sea-maid in purple dressed, Wearing […]
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