WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many... Read more

Time is endless in thy hands, my lord. There is none to count thy minutes. Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers. Thou knowest how to wait. Thy centuries follow each othe... Read more

  A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw.   And then he drank a dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sidew... Read more

Kim, composite of all my loves, less real than most, more real than all; of my making, all the good and some of the bad, yet of yourself; sole, unique, strong, alone, whole, independent, one... Read more

  All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks Are life eternal: and in silence they Speak happiness beyond the reach of books; There’s nothing mortal in them; their decay Is t... Read more

Alimony alimony I work till my fingers are bloody and boney Me oh my oh goodness sake I’m paying for my mistake She calls it alimony alimony yeah you single men may think it’s fu... Read more

When I am old, and comforted, And done with this desire, With Memory to share my bed And Peace to share my fire,   I’ll comb my hair in scalloped bands Beneath my laundered cap, A... Read more

it is all blood and breaking, blood and breaking, the thing drops out of its box squalling into the light. they are both squalling, animal and cage. her bars lie wet, open and empty and she... Read more

As I go and shop, sir! If a car I stop, sir! Where you chance to sit, And you want to read, sir! Never mind or heed, sir! I’ll not care a bit.   For it’s now aesthetic To be quite athle... Read more

Mother, the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me- “We play from the time we wake till the day ends. We play with the golden dawn, we play with the silver moon.” I ask,... Read more