Her Response
Her Response Love is a caring, sharing sentiment!. I do not want your smooth-writ words set down To justify your lack of faith in me!. I want to feel the actions of […]
Birthing a Poem
Birthing a Poem I feel foreboding in each sense, (Not of some tragedy or ill, Rather of more significance!); A turmoil of creative will!. I […]
Problems of Identity?
Problems of Identity? Some people say — though I have seen no proof That their assertions are well founded — that The Scots were Irish but now haunt the hills Of Caledonia’s bleak, blasted wastes; The Irish, who now farm damp brown peat-bogs Outwith Hibernia’s green pale, were Scots!. […]
Lost
Lost (A Satire) Lost…lost…lost… In the sands of Poetry, Not knowing which way to turn, Confused, I go. I am amazed, Distressed to see, Everywhere, prose praised As poetry Whilst lyric lines — in beauty dressed — […]
Say Not So!
Say Not So! Oh, say not so — “We two are through!” — For you must know, (Through weal or woe), I love you. So, say not so; For I shall rue […]
Chestnut Tree
Chestnut Tree The white Spring-candles of this broad-leaved tree Have burned already into Summer sprays Of waxen, stippled buds green, cool and hard As nuts which — in the ripeness of a warm And fruitful Autumn […]
Long Afteryears
Long Afteryears They will say then — in those long afteryears When you and I are dead and gone with those Who knew us most — then they, (or some), will say […]
Questions
Questions Would you prefer the eloquence and charm, The glitter and parade in bright display Of silken flattery’s embellishments, The flashy compliments, light dalliance And gaudy presents offered every day?. Would […]
Doubt
Doubt Why need I boast my love in ringing tones To tell you what, already, you must know?. Does not my patient lingering, nearby, Speak more than sounding […]
Why Should I Care?
Why Should I Care? Why should I care, (are cares so few?), If you withdraw your favours from my reach After so many years of turbulence?. Why should I care, (pained by […]