Poems

Come Come, when the pale moon like a petal Floats in the pearly dusk of spring, Come with outstretched arms to take me, Come with lips […]

Coney Island Why did you bring me here? The sand is white with snow, Over the wooden domes The winter sea-winds blow– There is no shelter […]

Crowned I wear a crown invisible and clear, And go my lifted royal way apart Since you have crowned me softly in your heart With love […]

Debt What do I owe to you Who loved me deep and long? You never gave my spirit wings Or gave my heart a song. But […]

Deep in the Night Deep in the night the cry of a swallow, Under the stars he flew, Keen as pain was his call to follow […]

Desert Pools I love too much; I am a river Surging with spring that seeks the sea, I am too generous a giver, Love will not […]

Dew As dew leaves the cobweb lightly Threaded with stars, Scattering jewels on the fence And the pasture bars; As dawn leaves the dry grass bright […]

Did You Never Know? Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me— That your love would never lessen and never go? You were […]

Doctors Every night I lie awake And every day I lie abed And hear the doctors, Pain and Death, Conferring at my head. They speak in […]

Dooryard Roses I have come the selfsame path To the selfsame door, Years have left the roses there Burning as before While I watch them in […]