‘Why, lovely charmer, tell me, why’
Why, lovely charmer, tell me, why
So very kind, and yet so shy?
Why does…
So very kind, and yet so shy?
Why does…
Literature
John Keats’ Grave Inscription
Keats requested that only this phrase be inscribed on his headstone:
Here lies One
Whose…
Whose…
A Gallant Woman
She burst fierce wine
From the tough skin of pain,
Like wind that wrings from…
From the tough skin of pain,
Like wind that wrings from…
Flash-lights
I
Candles toppling sideways in tomato cans
Sputter and sizzle at head and foot.
The…
Candles toppling sideways in tomato cans
Sputter and sizzle at head and foot.
The…
Prayer for Pain
I do not pray for peace nor ease,
Nor truce from sorrow:
No suppliant on…
Nor truce from sorrow:
No suppliant on…
Dead Cleopatra
Dead Cleopatra lies in a crystal casket,
Wrapped and spiced by the cunningest of hands.…
Wrapped and spiced by the cunningest of hands.…
Love’s Lantern
(For Aline)
Because the road was steep and long
And through a dark and lonely…
And through a dark and lonely…
What am I, Life?
What am I, Life? A thing of watery halt
Held in cohesion by unresting cells,…
Held in cohesion by unresting cells,…