Dear friend， you were right： the smell of fish and foam and algae makes one green smell together. It clears my head. It empties me enough to fit down ...
I. Adieu， New-England's smiling meads， Adieu， th' flow'ry plain： I leave thine op'ning charms， O spring， And tempt the roaring main. I...
At dusk the girl who will become my mom must trudge through the snow， her legs cold under skirts， a bandanna tight on her braids. In the henhouse， a k...
Take this kiss upon the brow！ And， in parting from you now， Thus much let me avow： You are not wrong who deem That my days have been a dream； Yet if h...
Cruelty has a Human heart And Jealousy a Human Face， Terror， the Human Form Divine， And Secrecy， the Human Dress. The Human Dress is forgéd Iro...
A drift of wind when August wheeled brought back to mind an alfalfa field where green windrows bleached down to hay while storm clouds rose and rolled...
This is thy hour O Soul， thy free flight into the wordless， Away from books， away from art， the day erased， the lesson done， Thee fully forth emerging...
A child said， What is the grass？ fetching it to me with full hands； How could I answer the child？。 . . .I do not know what it is any more than he. I g...
In Africa the wine is cheap， and it is on St. Mark's Place too， beneath a white moon. I'll go there tomorrow， dark bulk hooded against what is...
I， too， come from the city of dolls. A small palm is my umbrella. This takes care of above but below， the blind river of sadness rolls on and in it， a...