Poems

In Memoriam F.O.S. You go a long and lovely journey, For all the stars, like burning dew, Are luminous and luring footprints Of souls adventurous as […]

In the Carpenter’s Shop Mary sat in the corner dreaming, Dim was the room and low, While in the dusk, the saw went screaming To and […]

In The End All that could never be said, All that could never be done, Wait for us at last Somewhere back of the sun; All […]

In the Metropolitan Museum Inside the tiny Pantheon We stood together silently, Leaving the restless crowds awhile, As ships find shelter from the sea. The ancient […]

In the Train Fields beneath a quilt of snow From which the rocks and stubble sleep, And in the west a shy white star That shivers […]

Indian Summer Lyric night of the lingering Indian summer, Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing, Never a bird, but the passionless chant of […]

Interlude: Songs out of Sorrow I. Spirit’s House From naked stones of agony I will build a house for me; As a mason all alone I […]

It Is Not a Word It is not a word spoken, Few words are said; Nor even a look of the eyes Nor a bend of […]

It Will Not Change It will not change now After so many years; Life has not broken it With parting or tears; Death will not alter […]

Jewels If I should see your eyes again, I know how far their look would go — Back to a morning in the park With sapphire […]