April 1, 1951
Mother and Child
The baby fastens to its mother's lap, A shining snow cap settled light and cold Upon its mountain. They love and they sink old As first connection; they lock with […]
April 1, 1951
Two Songs
I from the night oval of bed to oval of porcelain a leaf of water lifts you and in your morning bath your head floats on the water in the […]
April 1, 1951
Ophelia
Forlorn Ophelia draggles everywhere, An ivory tower for polliwogs, Her feet and her hands and her shattered hair Weeping undone as peas and pods. She was marvelous and tall in […]
April 1, 1951
Third Anniversary Poem
There is a bitter beast living In my back and belly, And most of all he is given To feeding himself in the holy Hive and hinge of my groin; […]
April 1, 1951
Palermo, Mother’s Day, 1943
Among those who promised us our honors, Someone said we'd killed a hundred each; And since our knowledge of events was vague, We used the digits in our dim additions: […]
April 1, 1951
At the Grave of Robert Ingersoll
I stand upon the lavish August grass Uncut about the grave of one who flew At Church, calling it a chain, and crass Christians locked and barred by keys to […]