Poems

My Picture-Gallery IN a little house keep I pictures suspended, it is not a fix’d house, It is round, it is only a few inches from […]

Myself And Mine MYSELF and mine gymnastic ever, To stand the cold or heat–to take good aim with a gun–to sail a boat–to manage horses–to beget […]

Native Moments NATIVE moments! when you come upon me–Ah you are here now! Give me now libidinous joys only! Give me the drench of my passions! […]

Night On The Prairies NIGHT on the prairies; The supper is over–the fire on the ground burns low; The wearied emigrants sleep, wrapt in their blankets: […]

No Labor-Saving Machine NO labor-saving machine, Nor discovery have I made; Nor will I be able to leave behind me any wealthy bequest to found a […]

Not Heat Flames Up And Consumes NOT heat flames up and consumes, Not sea-waves hurry in and out, Not the air, delicious and dry, the air […]

Not Heaving From My Ribb’d Breast Only NOT heaving from my ribb’d breast only; Not in sighs at night, in rage, dissatisfied with myself; Not in […]

Not My Enemies Ever Invade Me NOT my enemies ever invade me–no harm to my pride from them I fear; But the lovers I recklessly love–lo! […]

Not The Pilot NOT the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship into port, though beaten back, and many times baffled; Not the path-finder, penetrating […]

Not Youth Pertains To Me NOT youth pertains to me, Nor delicatesse–I cannot beguile the time with talk; Awkward in the parlor, neither a dancer nor […]