In a Garden ~ Amy Lowell Gushing from the mouths of stone men To spread at ease under the sky In granite-lipped basins, Where iris dabble their feet And rustle to a passing wind, The water fills the garden with its rushing, In the midst of the quiet of close-clipped lawns. Damp smell the ferns […]
Full Moon Elinor Wylie My bands of silk and miniver Momently grew heavier; The black gauze was beggarly thin; The ermine muffled mouth and chin; I could not suck the moonlight in. Harlequin in lozenges Of love and hate, I walked in these Striped and ragged rigmaroles; Along the pavement my footsoles Trod warily on […]
It’s July, and peak summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. While I am not a fan of summer (I am a winter person, and am happiest when it’s cold and dark), I understand that many people love summer and thrive in the light and heat. Also, I understand basic science, and know that we cannot […]
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Golden Bough – Elinor Wylie These lovely groves of fountain-trees that shake A burning spray against autumnal cool Descend again in molten drops to make The rutted path a river and a pool. They rise in silence, fall in quietude, Lie still as looking-glass to every sense Save where their lion-colour in the wood Roars […]
