poems

A Lover’s Journey When a lover hies abroadLooking for his love,Azrael smiling sheathes his sword,Heaven smiles above.Earth and seaHis servants be,And to lesser compass round,That his love be sooner found! The Playmate She is not …

Greater Love Red lips are not so redAs the stained stones kissed by the English dead.Kindness of wooed and wooerSeems shame to their love pure.O Love, your eyes lose lureWhen I behold eyes blinded in …

Love And A Question A stranger came to the door at eve,And he spoke the bridegroom fair.He bore a green-white stick in his hand,And, for all burden, care.He asked with the eyes more than the …

FIRE AND ICE Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I’ve tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough …