The young child, Christ, is straight and wiseAnd asks questions of the old men, questionsFound under running water for all childrenAnd found under shadows thrown on still watersBy tall trees…
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Sand of the sea runs redWhere the sunset reaches and quivers.Sand of the sea runs yellowWhere the moon slants and wavers.
Crimson is the slow smolder of the cigar end I hold,Gray is the ash that stiffens and covers all silent the fire.(A great man I know is dead and while…
THESE are the tawny days: your face comes back. The grapes take on purple: the sunsets redden early on the trellis. The bashful mornings hurl gray mist on the stripes of sunrise. Creep,…
THE BRIDGE says: Come across, try me; see how good I am.The big rock in the river says: Look at me; learn how to stand up.The white water says: I…
BODY of Jesus taken down from the crossCarved in ivory by a lover of Christ,It is a child’s handful you are here,The breadth of a man’s finger,And this ivory loin…
THE FINE cloth of your love might be a fabric of Egypt,Something Sinbad, the sailor, took away from robbers,Something a traveler with plenty of money might pick upAnd bring home…
I cannot tell you now; When the wind’s drive and whirl Blow me along no longer, And the wind’s a whisper at last–Maybe I’ll tell you then– some other time.…
Shaken,The blossoms of lilac, And shattered,The atoms of purple.Green dip the leaves, Darker the bark,Longer the shadows. Sheer lines of poplarShimmer with masses of silverAnd down in a garden old…