Ice-cold fear has slowly decreased As my bones have grown, …
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Child’s Park Stones
In sunless air, under pines Green to the point of …
Read Poem »An Old Doll
Low on her little stool she sits To make a …
Read Poem »June Sick Room
The birds’ shrill fluting Beats on the pink blind, Pierces …
Read Poem »Child
Your clear eye is the one absolutely beautiful thing. I …
Read Poem »An Anniversary
I. AS flower to sun its drop of dew Gives …
Read Poem »Houses
People who are afraid of themselves Multiply themselves into families …
Read Poem »Channel Crossing
On storm-struck deck, wind sirens caterwaul; With each tilt, shock …
Read Poem »All-Saints’ Day (1868)
“But they are at peace.” Never to weary more, nor …
Read Poem »Flight Of Stairs
Stairs fly as straight as hawks; Or else in spirals, …
Read Poem »Candles
They are the last romantics, these candles: Upside-down hearts of …
Read Poem »All-Saints’ Day (1867)
Blessed are they whose baby-souls are bright, Whose brows are …
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