Thursday, December 09, 2010
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why
Edna St. Vincent Millay
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply,
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For unremembered lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply,
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For unremembered lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
Thus in the winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
"Bob
One of the colors
is missing
from our world."
++++++++++++++
I.
the insects are scuttling the dark streets this evening
all crunch legs reaching across uneven pavement
moving quickly to caverns of brick
portly crusts of bodies that tottle
from one set of legs to the other.
II.
and all i do is sleep and not sleep
and dream moments that move into illusions
and in waking time i can no longer distinguish
if i really saw a shooting star or not.
III.
the ghosts are lingering with such persistence
without providing any fantasy.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
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