Tag: poetry

Coldness in Love

  And you remember, in the afternoon The sea and the sky went grey, as if there had sunk A flocculent dust on the floor of the world: the festoon Of the sky sagged dusty as spider cloth, And coldness clogged the sea, till it ceased to croon. A dank, sickening scent came up from Read More

Some Keep the Sabbath going to Church — (236)

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Some keep the Sabbath going to Church –
I keep it, staying at Home –
With a Bobolink for a Chorister –
And an Orchard, for a Dome –
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The Florist Wears Knee Breeches

 

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My flowers are reflected
In your mind
As you are reflected in your glass.
When you look at them,
There is nothing in your mind
Except the reflections
Of my flowers.
But when I look at them
I see only the reflections
In your mind,
And not my flowers.
It is my desire
To bring roses,
And place them before you
In a white dish.

Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955

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Sara Teasdale – To E

  The door was opened and I saw you there And for the first time heard you speak my name. Then like the sun your sweetness overcame My shy and shadowy mood; I was aware That joy was hidden in your happy hair, And that for you love held no hint of shame; My eyes Read More

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Sometimes Sometimes I can’t swallow truth any easier than a sparrow can swallow a tractor. Sometimes a sparrow’s view of the world is much more grounded than mine. Sometimes precise angles of knowing can make truth feel more acute, and less the degrees of separation from honesty. Sometimes the most honest truth is rain falling Read More
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