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We fall, and hard, and in the shadows, ***** ourselves on snags, that tear our clothes; grazed and cut, we stagger on - Impressions, ideas, fancies! Of these have we been disabused. But is this spring, come again? Lovely, yesterday, in the bright sunlight, to see you, felt green hat in among the photo clouds, apple suedes on the gallery's dank floor. Melvyn,   and I, merrily circling with you the light cloud images, my nostrils full of pollen spikes. The pictures: wisps of trailing dreams churning in ‘scapes of infinite blue; dark clouds, in amongst them, too. Photographs in two time places caught; at once, all: the other and t'other. So excitement swells, and everything besides us quells, because the knowing of itself, knows, and dares beyond the frames; to skirt knowingly the unsaid; to want beyond the wounded past, to pull things, once again, inside out. In whimsy’s currents flow these thoughts, these feelings, these drives; swirling in eddies, so that as you sit, on a summer’s day, it moves, a mirror to everything above. The wavelets on the surface, hammered into shape, burn, bite and dazzle; the sun’s flames leaping and dancing on ripples. In the basement, on the concrete, your Y proneness shifts, releasing knees on black-clad thighs; two pendulums swinging, brushing; yawing metronomes in the cool, coolness of my desultory thoughts. Oh, what am I saying? Feelings like reveries walk along these silver lips straying languorously. These myths are too soon made, carried one to the next, one-on-one, until contained no longer, become new truths.
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Jun 25, 2018
Jun 25, 2018 at 8:40 PM UTC
Were you ever called a *****
We fall, and hard, and in the shadows, ***** ourselves on snags, that tear our clothes; grazed and cut, we stagger on - Impressions, ideas, fancies! Of these have we been disabused. But is this spring, come again? Lovely, yesterday, in the bright sunlight, to see you, felt green hat in among the photo clouds, apple suedes on the gallery's dank floor. Melvyn,   and I, merrily circling with you the light cloud images, my nostrils full of pollen spikes. The pictures: wisps of trailing dreams churning in ‘scapes of infinite blue; dark clouds, in amongst them, too. Photographs in two time places caught; at once, all: the other and t'other. So excitement swells, and everything besides us quells, because the knowing of itself, knows, and dares beyond the frames; to skirt knowingly the unsaid; to want beyond the wounded past, to pull things, once again, inside out. In whimsy’s currents flow these thoughts, these feelings, these drives; swirling in eddies, so that as you sit, on a summer’s day, it moves, a mirror to everything above. The wavelets on the surface, hammered into shape, burn, bite and dazzle; the sun’s flames leaping and dancing on ripples. In the basement, on the concrete, your Y proneness shifts, releasing knees on black-clad thighs; two pendulums swinging, brushing; yawing metronomes in the cool, coolness of my desultory thoughts. Oh, what am I saying? Feelings like reveries walk along these silver lips straying languorously. These myths are too soon made, carried one to the next, one-on-one, until contained no longer, become new truths.
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You agree When you want to shout, curse, and swear The Almighty....answer this weeping willow Made of concrete air Of unfeeling movement You cower behinds browned bodies, montezuma minds, and your license Power to go as you please, be as you please, please help me to see The inner child trapped in mordant cornerstones, and sitting on your own weight To grasp the folly by the throat and twist him into existance Not so much absolution In agreement with other fancies Prayers unanswered Dwelling on ginger hands and knees In *********** when his course has never enter into being....real Or really close His path to plunge thick into purple passionate trance His path askew from my own Though a followed trendy line A drink When it makes your journey into trees, and speed, and gluttony A laugh When scorned mouth spewed and sput into russet wounds already ***** A smoke When it clogs your memory into patchwork and quilted thoughts unwoven Youre unspoken! You agree?
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Feb 22, 2018
Feb 22, 2018 at 3:10 AM UTC
Just you
Resuscitate our dead memories only just to die again; Waking from a deep slumber, Staring out the window pane; Counting hours, how long can I endure the need to restrain?; Nothing have changed I should just get back to sleep again. The sun rises slowly as it burns my pale tainted skin; It just felt so good just to feel pain! For so long I've been so keen; I grew weak in my dreams when I'm asleep, the thoughts of you makes me sick! It's not that you vexes me, It's because of what I did to you that worries me; Never before I have felt so sensitive within this lifeless body... Lived only by drinking blood! To be confined in this coffin just to feel lonely! And then you came... The one I thought who restrained the beast in me; The one who gave warmth not burning me, calmed my soulless fury. But we must all know that the nature has its way of breaking; Something that is beautiful, Something profound! A new beginning... And so it came to that point where I fed on her! left her dying! Perhaps it was all meant to be for a while just to forget the craving... I'm a killer, a monster! An abomination to this world! But I can't take my life...Believe me I tried! I bathed under the sun turn to ashes and died! Only to know that when darkness falls I'll be revived... I must make a choice... It fancies me just having this thoughts right now; What could I possibly do?If the beast within is the one who contains me and how? It seems like a personal attraction just to add some satisfaction as I reach for the **** A little drama, show some masked humanity, make them live a little just to quench the thrill! I have glared, I have grinned, I have laughed and I have seduced... As I get closer for my teeth to sink in, let loose, let the hunger reduced; But after the feed do I feel remorse? For hours I thought I did... It's been like that through all the years... Feels redundant indeed. So how far will this story goes? For centuries I have pondered in circles. I have been there the evolution, the changes, the life as it cycles. And again...Here and now as I stand where once I become capable staring at the sun; I will forget the unforgettable, sail away! Far away from this land... Remember my story as it will never end; I'm finding a way now to break free from this curse; To be one with my prey walk free no more blood to quench thirst; So long and goodbye from me Dracula... Serenity is what I seek...A redemption of what they speak.
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Nov 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013 at 2:36 AM UTC
Dracula's Redemption
Resuscitate our dead memories only just to die again; Waking from a deep slumber, Staring out the window pane; Counting hours, how long can I endure the need to restrain?; Nothing have changed I should just get back to sleep again. The sun rises slowly as it burns my pale tainted skin; It just felt so good just to feel pain! For so long I've been so keen; I grew weak in my dreams when I'm asleep, the thoughts of you makes me sick! It's not that you vexes me, It's because of what I did to you that worries me; Never before I have felt so sensitive within this lifeless body... Lived only by drinking blood! To be confined in this coffin just to feel lonely! And then you came... The one I thought who restrained the beast in me; The one who gave warmth not burning me, calmed my soulless fury. But we must all know that the nature has its way of breaking; Something that is beautiful, Something profound! A new beginning... And so it came to that point where I fed on her! left her dying! Perhaps it was all meant to be for a while just to forget the craving... I'm a killer, a monster! An abomination to this world! But I can't take my life...Believe me I tried! I bathed under the sun turn to ashes and died! Only to know that when darkness falls I'll be revived... I must make a choice... It fancies me just having this thoughts right now; What could I possibly do?If the beast within is the one who contains me and how? It seems like a personal attraction just to add some satisfaction as I reach for the **** A little drama, show some masked humanity, make them live a little just to quench the thrill! I have glared, I have grinned, I have laughed and I have seduced... As I get closer for my teeth to sink in, let loose, let the hunger reduced; But after the feed do I feel remorse? For hours I thought I did... It's been like that through all the years... Feels redundant indeed. So how far will this story goes? For centuries I have pondered in circles. I have been there the evolution, the changes, the life as it cycles. And again...Here and now as I stand where once I become capable staring at the sun; I will forget the unforgettable, sail away! Far away from this land... Remember my story as it will never end; I'm finding a way now to break free from this curse; To be one with my prey walk free no more blood to quench thirst; So long and goodbye from me Dracula... Serenity is what I seek...A redemption of what they speak.
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sometimes she daydreams about life the way i do about death. it's ironic, i know: black and white aren't meant to be grey and the rumbling hum of expletives digging into mauve lips pass through like desaturated light to translucent statures. it makes everything seem sweeter than it looks. she thinks the ache feels lukewarm, just like those half-hearted smiles she gives out like presents on a holiday, and she may be right. pain is not cold, it covers your entire heart with microwaved fingers, leaving burn marks that leave chars and ashes. snaps the purple heartstrings and clumsily tries to mend it. (i love you because you're corporeal, she murmurs, you keep me sane) she's spider-webbed, sung gossamer and silk while her bar lines drip with ink. and she seems moonstruck—because of me she says and blooms throughout my epiphanies. fancies herself a ghost, a wisp, something ethereal that lingers on my lips like a kiss. and she lingers, oh she does. toppling from the skies and collapsing into my rib-cage, she stays, blushing rose-like and thriving. velvet and constellations of blood clots patter against her skin. it blooms like she blooms, a paint splattered canvas meant for all to see.
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Jul 28, 2018
Jul 28, 2018 at 2:50 AM UTC
acrylic dreams
Eyeing on the night - its out. Mirroring the colour of the Moon every star flocks in the sky! Just spare an eye - maybe the missing sun keeping an eye out! For it only fancies the billowy sea in the black night.
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Oct 19, 2017
Oct 19, 2017 at 1:08 AM UTC
The Sea of the Night
Lays of Mystery, Imagination, and Humor Number 1 I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, And each damp thing that creeps and crawls Went wobble-wobble on the walls. Faint odours of departed cheese, Blown on the dank, unwholesome breeze, Awoke the never ending sneeze. Strange pictures decked the arras drear, Strange characters of woe and fear, The humbugs of the social sphere. One showed a vain and noisy **** That shouted empty words and big At him that nodded in a wig. And one, a dotard grim and gray, Who wasteth childhood's happy day In work more profitless than play. Whose icy breast no pity warms, Whose little victims sit in swarms, And slowly sob on lower forms. And one, a green thyme-honoured Bank, Where flowers are growing wild and rank, Like weeds that fringe a poisoned tank. All birds of evil omen there Flood with rich Notes the tainted air, The witless wanderer to snare. The fatal Notes neglected fall, No creature heeds the treacherous call, For all those goodly Strawn Baits Pall. The wandering phantom broke and fled, Straightway I saw within my head A vision of a ghostly bed, Where lay two worn decrepit men, The fictions of a lawyer's pen, Who never more might breathe again. The serving-man of Richard Roe Wept, inarticulate with woe: She wept, that waiting on John Doe. "Oh rouse", I urged, "the waning sense With tales of tangled evidence, Of suit, demurrer, and defence." "Vain", she replied, "such mockeries: For morbid fancies, such as these, No suits can suit, no plea can please." And bending o'er that man of straw, She cried in grief and sudden awe, Not inappropriately, "Law!" The well-remembered voice he knew, He smiled, he faintly muttered "Sue!" (Her very name was legal too.) The night was fled, the dawn was nigh: A hurricane went raving by, And swept the Vision from mine eye. Vanished that dim and ghostly bed, (The hangings, tape; the tape was red happy 'Tis o'er, and Doe and Roe are dead! Oh, yet my spirit inly crawls, What time it shudderingly recalls That horrid dream of marble halls!
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The Palace of Humbug
Lays of Mystery, Imagination, and Humor Number 1 I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, And each damp thing that creeps and crawls Went wobble-wobble on the walls. Faint odours of departed cheese, Blown on the dank, unwholesome breeze, Awoke the never ending sneeze. Strange pictures decked the arras drear, Strange characters of woe and fear, The humbugs of the social sphere. One showed a vain and noisy **** That shouted empty words and big At him that nodded in a wig. And one, a dotard grim and gray, Who wasteth childhood's happy day In work more profitless than play. Whose icy breast no pity warms, Whose little victims sit in swarms, And slowly sob on lower forms. And one, a green thyme-honoured Bank, Where flowers are growing wild and rank, Like weeds that fringe a poisoned tank. All birds of evil omen there Flood with rich Notes the tainted air, The witless wanderer to snare. The fatal Notes neglected fall, No creature heeds the treacherous call, For all those goodly Strawn Baits Pall. The wandering phantom broke and fled, Straightway I saw within my head A vision of a ghostly bed, Where lay two worn decrepit men, The fictions of a lawyer's pen, Who never more might breathe again. The serving-man of Richard Roe Wept, inarticulate with woe: She wept, that waiting on John Doe. "Oh rouse", I urged, "the waning sense With tales of tangled evidence, Of suit, demurrer, and defence." "Vain", she replied, "such mockeries: For morbid fancies, such as these, No suits can suit, no plea can please." And bending o'er that man of straw, She cried in grief and sudden awe, Not inappropriately, "Law!" The well-remembered voice he knew, He smiled, he faintly muttered "Sue!" (Her very name was legal too.) The night was fled, the dawn was nigh: A hurricane went raving by, And swept the Vision from mine eye. Vanished that dim and ghostly bed, (The hangings, tape; the tape was red happy 'Tis o'er, and Doe and Roe are dead! Oh, yet my spirit inly crawls, What time it shudderingly recalls That horrid dream of marble halls!
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Softly and gently, I swim him along the frail whirlpool of a lie, He visits like a lamp in the froth of cold forward towards but shy I remember to keep my palm onto the cold night's sheet and tell him how his would fit in, how every moment of my cold nights would burn into the arms of his unconscious sin I canst remember thy face though, o love, was the dust of snow much.? Swaying like a leaf in the wind of my poem skimming on the foam of an immortal stream, with his perfect structured fingers touching his evening cup, he flutters like a laugh from the lips of a weeping dream. A dream. A DREAM. O my.! Was this illusory? Years of long closed eyelids imagining their perfect fit The word exists the definition doesn't, Dejection over fancies is dejecting Perfection is straight where you find true love.
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May 25, 2018
May 25, 2018 at 3:41 AM UTC
"Lips of a weeping dream"
Whimsical fancies, Dreams on the back of your eyes: Reality masked, Only the daylight remains; The blackest night is shattered.
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Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 5:43 PM UTC
Daydreams
Lingering in the dark side, She just blew my mind, My brain waves all fried, Sanity lost, too far to find. I dream of busting chains, Throwing my life down the cliffs, to the ocean rocks. My soul now in your reigns, Bound,Buried & Chained in a box. My visions wild, Fantasising a life away, Heartbreak not so mild, I end up all alone and stray. In my Mind, my Initials chained around her neck, Tighter than the grasp of love and dread, Blinded in a hedge maze, reality unchecked, We’ve already done it in my head. Fiction and reality merge, I keep recalling you in vivid dreams, A messy little kiss it’s all that I urge, Lust flows in wicked streams. The river of lust, Sourced from fatal fantasies, As I drown deep in you, Giving into all the fancies. Bedsheets all ablaze, Screaming, hiding my face, Rising up like waves, Crashing over, leaving no trace. At last, a wishful yearn, Giving way to laboured breath, Will the tables turn, Our fate all set.
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Feb 23, 2025
Feb 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM UTC
Fictional Fantasies
The comfiest human bed warmer I ever had, My fundamental tutor of the good and the bad, The original storyteller in my bedtime tantrums, The resident photographer of my birthday albums. The accidental magician who tricked me out of my worries, A sympathetic dictator who scolds but allows my fancies, My biased talent manager who always tells me I'm the best, The loudest cheerleader who puts to shame all the rest. The world's underrated chef cooking heavenly meals, Our unpaid laundry lady worrying over water bills, The overqualified nurse never leaving her patient, Our top-notch budget analyst negotiating every payment. The random gardener, she can grow anything with ease, Our talkative historian, she stops recalling only if we say please, The uncanny philosopher, we've learned a lot from her, The lost and found administrator, tracking things hidden anywhere. The most efficient multitasker I've ever known, My trustworthy adviser who knows me down to my bones, A tough fighter who keeps winning her every battle, My life's co-creator and this world's greatest mother.
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May 13, 2017
May 13, 2017 at 7:44 PM UTC
The Versatile Matriarch
Thank Heaven! the crisis— The danger is past, And the lingering illness Is over at last— And the fever called “Living” Is conquered at last. Sadly, I know, I am shorn of my strength, And no muscle I move As I lie at full length— But no matter!—I feel I am better at length. And I rest so composedly, Now in my bed, That any beholder Might fancy me dead— Might start at beholding me Thinking me dead. The moaning and groaning, The sighing and sobbing, Are quieted now, With that horrible throbbing At heart:—ah, that horrible, Horrible throbbing! The sickness—the nausea— The pitiless pain— Have ceased, with the fever That maddened my brain— With the fever called “Living” That burned in my brain. And oh! of all tortures That torture the worst Has abated—the terrible Torture of thirst, For the naphthaline river Of Passion accurst:— I have drank of a water That quenches all thirst:— Of a water that flows, With a lullaby sound, From a spring but a very few Feet under ground— From a cavern not very far Down under ground. And ah! let it never Be foolishly said That my room it is gloomy And narrow my bed— For man never slept In a different bed; And, to sleep, you must slumber In just such a bed. My tantalized spirit Here blandly reposes, Forgetting, or never Regretting its roses— Its old agitations Of myrtles and roses: For now, while so quietly Lying, it fancies A holier odor About it, of pansies— A rosemary odor, Commingled with pansies— With rue and the beautiful Puritan pansies. And so it lies happily, Bathing in many A dream of the truth And the beauty of Annie— Drowned in a bath Of the tresses of Annie. She tenderly kissed me, She fondly caressed, And then I fell gently To sleep on her breast— Deeply to sleep From the heaven of her breast. When the light was extinguished, She covered me warm, And she prayed to the angels To keep me from harm— To the queen of the angels To shield me from harm. And I lie so composedly, Now in my bed (Knowing her love) That you fancy me dead— And I rest so contentedly, Now in my bed, (With her love at my breast) That you fancy me dead— That you shudder to look at me. Thinking me dead. But my heart it is brighter Than all of the many Stars in the sky, For it sparkles with Annie— It glows with the light Of the love of my Annie— With the thought of the light Of the eyes of my Annie.
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For Annie
Thank Heaven! the crisis— The danger is past, And the lingering illness Is over at last— And the fever called “Living” Is conquered at last. Sadly, I know, I am shorn of my strength, And no muscle I move As I lie at full length— But no matter!—I feel I am better at length. And I rest so composedly, Now in my bed, That any beholder Might fancy me dead— Might start at beholding me Thinking me dead. The moaning and groaning, The sighing and sobbing, Are quieted now, With that horrible throbbing At heart:—ah, that horrible, Horrible throbbing! The sickness—the nausea— The pitiless pain— Have ceased, with the fever That maddened my brain— With the fever called “Living” That burned in my brain. And oh! of all tortures That torture the worst Has abated—the terrible Torture of thirst, For the naphthaline river Of Passion accurst:— I have drank of a water That quenches all thirst:— Of a water that flows, With a lullaby sound, From a spring but a very few Feet under ground— From a cavern not very far Down under ground. And ah! let it never Be foolishly said That my room it is gloomy And narrow my bed— For man never slept In a different bed; And, to sleep, you must slumber In just such a bed. My tantalized spirit Here blandly reposes, Forgetting, or never Regretting its roses— Its old agitations Of myrtles and roses: For now, while so quietly Lying, it fancies A holier odor About it, of pansies— A rosemary odor, Commingled with pansies— With rue and the beautiful Puritan pansies. And so it lies happily, Bathing in many A dream of the truth And the beauty of Annie— Drowned in a bath Of the tresses of Annie. She tenderly kissed me, She fondly caressed, And then I fell gently To sleep on her breast— Deeply to sleep From the heaven of her breast. When the light was extinguished, She covered me warm, And she prayed to the angels To keep me from harm— To the queen of the angels To shield me from harm. And I lie so composedly, Now in my bed (Knowing her love) That you fancy me dead— And I rest so contentedly, Now in my bed, (With her love at my breast) That you fancy me dead— That you shudder to look at me. Thinking me dead. But my heart it is brighter Than all of the many Stars in the sky, For it sparkles with Annie— It glows with the light Of the love of my Annie— With the thought of the light Of the eyes of my Annie.
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I'll fall upwards, past the cities and through the lonely stretches of asphalt and golden hills, towards fancies and sleepless nights. I'll fall past weeks, of minutes and through pictures stored and kept and thrown away, towards cravings and fulfillment. I'll fall enveloped and through the silence of solitude and the wanting it brings towards curly hair and kisses filled with sweet words. I'll fall into you and wish to never be free So please... Don't let me.
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Jun 14, 2011
Jun 14, 2011 at 12:00 AM UTC
Towards curly hair and kisses filled with sweet words.
Inside the Rainbow Forest Where unicorns are born, And fairy dust floats on the air From sundown until dawn, There dwells in royal splendour Yet very rarely seen, The king of all the pixies With his pretty pixie queen. His palace is a mushroom As tall as any tree, With bright red spots upon it That will make you squeal with glee. A winding golden staircase Stretches to the very top, In a mesmerizing spiral That you think will never stop. All those brave enough to climb it Would soon chance upon a door, With the most enormous knocker That you really ever saw. One hard tap summons the butler, A polite and friendly gnome, Serving tea and fondant fancies That will make you feel at home. Through a maze of vaulted chambers Each more lavish than the last, Passing walls lined with the portraits Of kings from the distant past, That dear gnome shall gently guide you, With much merriment and song, To the Great Hall of his master Who resides there all day long. From beneath a silver archway Set with precious gems galore, You will enter to the fanfare Of ten trumpets, maybe more. Dainty apple blossom petals Shall be scattered at your feet, As you bow your head in homage To the king you are to meet. With a heart bursting with wonder You will hastily be brought, To the throne of his most highness Far across the royal court, Threading through the marble towers Of an ornate colonnade, And a troupe of prancing dragons With their riders on parade. Seated high upon a pumpkin In a matching orange gown, Curly shoes of bright green velvet And an elderflower crown, The king shall bid you welcome With a beaming toothy grin, As he beckons to the minstrel For the music to begin. With his beard like cotton candy Waving wildly in the air, As he slides down to embrace you From atop his lofty chair, Both your arms shall link together To the fiddler's merry tune, Clicking heels and laughing loudly As you skip around the room. In the magic of the moment You will give yourself to fun, As the mischief making monarch Tweaks your ears and cracks a pun, All those cares your heart now carries Shall dissolve and simply be Lost in wondrous celebration Of a pixie jamboree!
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Sep 27, 2014
Sep 27, 2014 at 6:38 PM UTC
The Pixie King
Inside the Rainbow Forest Where unicorns are born, And fairy dust floats on the air From sundown until dawn, There dwells in royal splendour Yet very rarely seen, The king of all the pixies With his pretty pixie queen. His palace is a mushroom As tall as any tree, With bright red spots upon it That will make you squeal with glee. A winding golden staircase Stretches to the very top, In a mesmerizing spiral That you think will never stop. All those brave enough to climb it Would soon chance upon a door, With the most enormous knocker That you really ever saw. One hard tap summons the butler, A polite and friendly gnome, Serving tea and fondant fancies That will make you feel at home. Through a maze of vaulted chambers Each more lavish than the last, Passing walls lined with the portraits Of kings from the distant past, That dear gnome shall gently guide you, With much merriment and song, To the Great Hall of his master Who resides there all day long. From beneath a silver archway Set with precious gems galore, You will enter to the fanfare Of ten trumpets, maybe more. Dainty apple blossom petals Shall be scattered at your feet, As you bow your head in homage To the king you are to meet. With a heart bursting with wonder You will hastily be brought, To the throne of his most highness Far across the royal court, Threading through the marble towers Of an ornate colonnade, And a troupe of prancing dragons With their riders on parade. Seated high upon a pumpkin In a matching orange gown, Curly shoes of bright green velvet And an elderflower crown, The king shall bid you welcome With a beaming toothy grin, As he beckons to the minstrel For the music to begin. With his beard like cotton candy Waving wildly in the air, As he slides down to embrace you From atop his lofty chair, Both your arms shall link together To the fiddler's merry tune, Clicking heels and laughing loudly As you skip around the room. In the magic of the moment You will give yourself to fun, As the mischief making monarch Tweaks your ears and cracks a pun, All those cares your heart now carries Shall dissolve and simply be Lost in wondrous celebration Of a pixie jamboree!
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Humanity has no support to duty Both contrary in dealing and punctuality: Non-the-less deny each claims still their validity Former needs emotional skip where later regularity! Humanity is a thing roundly soul concern Fancies of many idles, despotic and obligated. Estimate not to beautify active approach return; Deserve aid remarkable quiet pleasing black arts. Duty declares the deed must accomplish statutable, Gratitude, greed and gratification are sub-judice here-of: A crazy caution compel to foil inapplicable Yonker's pride, old hand cultivated doctrinal of. Certain condition humanity plays role of pre-eminence Duty looks wanting help out of heels, Depending on probation passion of sincerity convince, Rejecting deep binder satisfactorily set aside exceeds. If stands duty and humanity both together, Glorifies the spirit immortal as His name And also deal showing clean impersonality further, None appeal to mercy could not dare blame.
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Jun 5, 2013
Jun 5, 2013 at 4:14 AM UTC
Duty And Humanity
On winter nights beside the nursery fire We read the fairy tale, while glowing coals Builded its pictures. There before our eyes We saw the vaulted hall of traceried stone Uprear itself, the distant ceiling hung With pendent stalactites like frozen vines; And all along the walls at intervals, Curled upwards into pillars, roses climbed, And ramped and were confined, and clustered leaves Divided where there peered a laughing face. The foliage seemed to rustle in the wind, A silent murmur, carved in still, gray stone. High pointed windows pierced the southern wall Whence proud escutcheons flung prismatic fires To stain the tessellated marble floor With pools of red, and quivering green, and blue; And in the shade beyond the further door, Its sober squares of black and white were hid Beneath a restless, shuffling, wide-eyed mob Of lackeys and retainers come to view The Christening. A sudden blare of trumpets, and the throng About the entrance parted as the guests Filed singly in with rare and precious gifts. Our eager fancies noted all they brought, The glorious, unattainable delights! But always there was one unbidden guest Who cursed the child and left it bitterness. The fire falls asunder, all is changed, I am no more a child, and what I see Is not a fairy tale, but life, my life. The gifts are there, the many pleasant things: Health, wealth, long-settled friendships, with a name Which honors all who bear it, and the power Of making words obedient. This is much; But overshadowing all is still the curse, That never shall I be fulfilled by love! Along the parching highroad of the world No other soul shall bear mine company. Always shall I be teased with semblances, With cruel impostures, which I trust awhile Then dash to pieces, as a careless boy Flings a kaleidoscope, which shattering Strews all the ground about with coloured shards. So I behold my visions on the ground No longer radiant, an ignoble heap Of broken, dusty glass. And so, unlit, Even by hope or faith, my dragging steps Force me forever through the passing days.
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A Fairy Tale
On winter nights beside the nursery fire We read the fairy tale, while glowing coals Builded its pictures. There before our eyes We saw the vaulted hall of traceried stone Uprear itself, the distant ceiling hung With pendent stalactites like frozen vines; And all along the walls at intervals, Curled upwards into pillars, roses climbed, And ramped and were confined, and clustered leaves Divided where there peered a laughing face. The foliage seemed to rustle in the wind, A silent murmur, carved in still, gray stone. High pointed windows pierced the southern wall Whence proud escutcheons flung prismatic fires To stain the tessellated marble floor With pools of red, and quivering green, and blue; And in the shade beyond the further door, Its sober squares of black and white were hid Beneath a restless, shuffling, wide-eyed mob Of lackeys and retainers come to view The Christening. A sudden blare of trumpets, and the throng About the entrance parted as the guests Filed singly in with rare and precious gifts. Our eager fancies noted all they brought, The glorious, unattainable delights! But always there was one unbidden guest Who cursed the child and left it bitterness. The fire falls asunder, all is changed, I am no more a child, and what I see Is not a fairy tale, but life, my life. The gifts are there, the many pleasant things: Health, wealth, long-settled friendships, with a name Which honors all who bear it, and the power Of making words obedient. This is much; But overshadowing all is still the curse, That never shall I be fulfilled by love! Along the parching highroad of the world No other soul shall bear mine company. Always shall I be teased with semblances, With cruel impostures, which I trust awhile Then dash to pieces, as a careless boy Flings a kaleidoscope, which shattering Strews all the ground about with coloured shards. So I behold my visions on the ground No longer radiant, an ignoble heap Of broken, dusty glass. And so, unlit, Even by hope or faith, my dragging steps Force me forever through the passing days.
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Fancy punting   only on the waxing      moon slice? The sun eyes on    picks the paintbrush      on the dark side. There is always    one more star       fancies a black mole          in the low light! No wonder the rushing sun     for unseen heaven         leaves the broad daylight            always dips in the twilight!
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Jun 18, 2022 at 7:37 PM UTC
Drawing Down The Black Moon
Oft, in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high, When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the owl's shrill cry, In the quiet, dusky chamber, By the flickering firelight, Rising up between two sleepers, Comes a spirit all in white. A winsome little ghost it is, Rosy-cheeked, and bright of eye; With yellow curls all breaking loose From the small cap pushed awry. Up it climbs among the pillows, For the 'big dark' brings no dread, And a baby's boundless fancy Makes a kingdom of a bed. A fearless little ghost it is; Safe the night seems as the day; The moon is but a gentle face, And the sighing winds are gay. The solitude is full of friends, And the hour brings no regrets; For, in this happy little soul, Shines a sun that never sets. A merry little ghost it is, Dancing gayly by itself, On the flowery counterpane, Like a tricksy household elf; Nodding to the fitful shadows, As they flicker on the wall; Talking to familiar pictures, Mimicking the owl's shrill call. A thoughtful little ghost if is; And, when lonely gambols tire, With chubby hands on chubby knees, It sits winking at the fire. Fancies innocent and lovely Shine before those baby-eyes, - Endless fields of dandelions, Brooks, and birds, and butterflies. A loving little ghost it is: When crept into its nest, Its hand on father's shoulder laid, Its head on mother's breast, It watches each familiar face, With a tranquil, trusting eye; And, like a sleepy little bird, Sings its own soft lullaby. Then those who feigned to sleep before, Lest baby play till dawn, Wake and watch their folded flower - Little rose without a thorn. And, in the silence of the night, The hearts that love it most Pray tenderly above its sleep, 'God bless our little ghost!'
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Our Little Ghost
Oft, in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high, When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the owl's shrill cry, In the quiet, dusky chamber, By the flickering firelight, Rising up between two sleepers, Comes a spirit all in white. A winsome little ghost it is, Rosy-cheeked, and bright of eye; With yellow curls all breaking loose From the small cap pushed awry. Up it climbs among the pillows, For the 'big dark' brings no dread, And a baby's boundless fancy Makes a kingdom of a bed. A fearless little ghost it is; Safe the night seems as the day; The moon is but a gentle face, And the sighing winds are gay. The solitude is full of friends, And the hour brings no regrets; For, in this happy little soul, Shines a sun that never sets. A merry little ghost it is, Dancing gayly by itself, On the flowery counterpane, Like a tricksy household elf; Nodding to the fitful shadows, As they flicker on the wall; Talking to familiar pictures, Mimicking the owl's shrill call. A thoughtful little ghost if is; And, when lonely gambols tire, With chubby hands on chubby knees, It sits winking at the fire. Fancies innocent and lovely Shine before those baby-eyes, - Endless fields of dandelions, Brooks, and birds, and butterflies. A loving little ghost it is: When crept into its nest, Its hand on father's shoulder laid, Its head on mother's breast, It watches each familiar face, With a tranquil, trusting eye; And, like a sleepy little bird, Sings its own soft lullaby. Then those who feigned to sleep before, Lest baby play till dawn, Wake and watch their folded flower - Little rose without a thorn. And, in the silence of the night, The hearts that love it most Pray tenderly above its sleep, 'God bless our little ghost!'
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I have wearied of grand romances Of deep sighs and swooning trances Of doting gentlemen’s advances And all manner of courtship play I am tired of love confessions And of dizzied, dazed professions And of unrestrained obsessions I grow sicker day by day I once dreamed of adoration Went quite mad for veneration Laughing, flirting with temptation The queen in Camelot The lonely, lovely Guinevere Dainty-masked with girlish fear But when King Arthur wasn’t near Dreaming of Sir Lancelot These days I want no noble knight Despite my seeming helpless plight I wish to set myself aright And tread upon the ground Yet here I am, pedestal-high Too close to the dazzling sky As my life keeps passing by And boys keep running round I’ve let myself grow much too proud Drew up arrogance from the crowd Heard the cheering, bright and loud The queen in Camelot And though I had my faithful Sir Still my heart was all astir With flying fancies, all a blur For Guinevere and Lancelot These fantasies have grown too old I’d rather let my bed grow cold For I have wearied of being told “You are mine to keep” Men have tired me to the core Left me sad and sick and sore And have turned into such a chore And I’d much rather sleep What blasphemy for a maiden fair To toss such doting to the air To turn away without much care Though queen in Camelot But I have withered, I have tired Felt as if my brain’s been mired And find not Arthur much desired Nor dashing Lancelot Is it so bad to want respite From endless longing, day and night? This constant charm becomes too trite With ever staler tone I only wish to rest a while Recover from incessant guile Forget the weight of lovers’ trial And simply be alone
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May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013 at 10:48 PM UTC
Nor Dashing Lancelot
I have wearied of grand romances Of deep sighs and swooning trances Of doting gentlemen’s advances And all manner of courtship play I am tired of love confessions And of dizzied, dazed professions And of unrestrained obsessions I grow sicker day by day I once dreamed of adoration Went quite mad for veneration Laughing, flirting with temptation The queen in Camelot The lonely, lovely Guinevere Dainty-masked with girlish fear But when King Arthur wasn’t near Dreaming of Sir Lancelot These days I want no noble knight Despite my seeming helpless plight I wish to set myself aright And tread upon the ground Yet here I am, pedestal-high Too close to the dazzling sky As my life keeps passing by And boys keep running round I’ve let myself grow much too proud Drew up arrogance from the crowd Heard the cheering, bright and loud The queen in Camelot And though I had my faithful Sir Still my heart was all astir With flying fancies, all a blur For Guinevere and Lancelot These fantasies have grown too old I’d rather let my bed grow cold For I have wearied of being told “You are mine to keep” Men have tired me to the core Left me sad and sick and sore And have turned into such a chore And I’d much rather sleep What blasphemy for a maiden fair To toss such doting to the air To turn away without much care Though queen in Camelot But I have withered, I have tired Felt as if my brain’s been mired And find not Arthur much desired Nor dashing Lancelot Is it so bad to want respite From endless longing, day and night? This constant charm becomes too trite With ever staler tone I only wish to rest a while Recover from incessant guile Forget the weight of lovers’ trial And simply be alone
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"May be true what I had heard, Earth's a howling wilderness Truculent with fraud and force," Said I, strolling through the pastures, And along the riverside. Caught among the blackberry vines, Feeding on the Ethiops sweet, Pleasant fancies overtook me: I said, "What influence me preferred Elect to dreams thus beautiful?" The vines replied, "And didst thou deem No wisdom to our berries went?"
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Berrying
Farewell, false love, the oracle of lies, A mortal foe and enemy to rest, An envious boy, from whom all cares arise, A ******* vile, a beast with rage possessed, A way of error, a temple full of treason, In all effects contrary unto reason. A poisoned serpent covered all with flowers, Mother of sighs, and murderer of repose, A sea of sorrows whence are drawn such showers As moisture lend to every grief that grows; A school of guile, a net of deep deceit, A gilded hook that holds a poisoned bait. A fortress foiled, which reason did defend, A siren song, a fever of the mind, A maze wherein affection finds no end, A raging cloud that runs before the wind, A substance like the shadow of the sun, A goal of grief for which the wisest run. A quenchless fire, a nurse of trembling fear, A path that leads to peril and mishap, A true retreat of sorrow and despair, An idle boy that sleeps in pleasure’s lap, A deep mistrust of that which certain seems, A hope of that which reason doubtful deems. Sith then thy trains my younger years betrayed, And for my faith ingratitude I find; And sith repentance hath my wrongs bewrayed, Whose course was ever contrary to kind: False love, desire, and beauty frail, adieu. Dead is the root whence all these fancies grew.
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A Farewell To False Love
I had really hoped To forget you, once and for all However, it seems you are always hovering around Like an annoying little mosquito Ready to **** the blood Of anyone and everyone in your vicinity And looking for that perfect window of opportunity To mock my shortcomings Which apparently do not exist For your precious little "best friend" Who has a smug smile on his face Ready to defend you at the drop of a hat Of course, it will only be a matter of time Before you tire of him as well Because, people exist merely for your needs Which are about as realistic As Telugu action movies are Therefore, it is a huge irony That you were my first female friend Of course, I am not sure you understand What friendship truly means Because, you promise one thing And then proceed to do the exact opposite May God help that unfortunate soul Who truly cares for you Because s/he will be in for a rollercoaster ride Which will never end Until your delusional fantasies are satisfied By the time that eventually happens S/he would be dead Anyway, it was you Who wanted to be friends with me in the first place I, being a naive idiot Readily accepted your offer of friendship And was with you Through thick and thin However, you cut me off When you needed me no longer I apologised to you a number of times Not because I did anything wrong But because your inflated ego required a massage Alas! To you, I was nothing more than a problem child Whom you wanted to mould According to your whims and fancies I was never an independent human being Who could make his own choices And live his life on his own terms Your own Brahmin sensibilities matter more to you Than a friend who genuinely cared for you Unlike "Mr Smug Face", whom I had mentioned earlier You destroyed my self-confidence And turned me into an insecure wreck God knows how many more people exist Whom you've treated as "use and throw" Just keep one thing in mind, though There will surely be a time When the tables are turned And it is you who will become a lonely wreck Then there will be noone Who is ready to rush to your aid Because, you will be forgotten; once and for all As you deserve to be
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May 4, 2023
May 4, 2023 at 12:35 AM UTC
The Fake Friend
I had really hoped To forget you, once and for all However, it seems you are always hovering around Like an annoying little mosquito Ready to **** the blood Of anyone and everyone in your vicinity And looking for that perfect window of opportunity To mock my shortcomings Which apparently do not exist For your precious little "best friend" Who has a smug smile on his face Ready to defend you at the drop of a hat Of course, it will only be a matter of time Before you tire of him as well Because, people exist merely for your needs Which are about as realistic As Telugu action movies are Therefore, it is a huge irony That you were my first female friend Of course, I am not sure you understand What friendship truly means Because, you promise one thing And then proceed to do the exact opposite May God help that unfortunate soul Who truly cares for you Because s/he will be in for a rollercoaster ride Which will never end Until your delusional fantasies are satisfied By the time that eventually happens S/he would be dead Anyway, it was you Who wanted to be friends with me in the first place I, being a naive idiot Readily accepted your offer of friendship And was with you Through thick and thin However, you cut me off When you needed me no longer I apologised to you a number of times Not because I did anything wrong But because your inflated ego required a massage Alas! To you, I was nothing more than a problem child Whom you wanted to mould According to your whims and fancies I was never an independent human being Who could make his own choices And live his life on his own terms Your own Brahmin sensibilities matter more to you Than a friend who genuinely cared for you Unlike "Mr Smug Face", whom I had mentioned earlier You destroyed my self-confidence And turned me into an insecure wreck God knows how many more people exist Whom you've treated as "use and throw" Just keep one thing in mind, though There will surely be a time When the tables are turned And it is you who will become a lonely wreck Then there will be noone Who is ready to rush to your aid Because, you will be forgotten; once and for all As you deserve to be
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I The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o’clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps. II The morning comes to consciousness Of faint stale smells of beer From the sawdust-trampled street With all its muddy feet that press To early coffee-stands. With the other masquerades That time resumes, One thinks of all the hands That are raising dingy shades In a thousand furnished rooms. III You tossed a blanket from the bed, You lay upon your back, and waited; You dozed, and watched the night revealing The thousand sordid images Of which your soul was constituted; They flickered against the ceiling. And when all the world came back And the light crept up between the shutters, And you heard the sparrows in the gutters, You had such a vision of the street As the street hardly understands; Sitting along the bed’s edge, where You curled the papers from your hair, Or clasped the yellow soles of feet In the palms of both soiled hands. IV His soul stretched tight across the skies That fade behind a city block, Or trampled by insistent feet At four and five and six o’clock; And short square fingers stuffing pipes, And evening newspapers, and eyes Assured of certain certainties, The conscience of a blackened street Impatient to assume the world. I am moved by fancies that are curled Around these images, and cling: The notion of some infinitely gentle Infinitely suffering thing. Wipe your hand across your mouth, and laugh; The worlds revolve like ancient women Gathering fuel in vacant lots.
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Preludes
I The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o’clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps. II The morning comes to consciousness Of faint stale smells of beer From the sawdust-trampled street With all its muddy feet that press To early coffee-stands. With the other masquerades That time resumes, One thinks of all the hands That are raising dingy shades In a thousand furnished rooms. III You tossed a blanket from the bed, You lay upon your back, and waited; You dozed, and watched the night revealing The thousand sordid images Of which your soul was constituted; They flickered against the ceiling. And when all the world came back And the light crept up between the shutters, And you heard the sparrows in the gutters, You had such a vision of the street As the street hardly understands; Sitting along the bed’s edge, where You curled the papers from your hair, Or clasped the yellow soles of feet In the palms of both soiled hands. IV His soul stretched tight across the skies That fade behind a city block, Or trampled by insistent feet At four and five and six o’clock; And short square fingers stuffing pipes, And evening newspapers, and eyes Assured of certain certainties, The conscience of a blackened street Impatient to assume the world. I am moved by fancies that are curled Around these images, and cling: The notion of some infinitely gentle Infinitely suffering thing. Wipe your hand across your mouth, and laugh; The worlds revolve like ancient women Gathering fuel in vacant lots.
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You people never took me seriously For you, I was just a problem child Who needed to be molded According to your whims and fancies You never saw me as an individual Who has his own thoughts, feelings and emotions My opinions never mattered to you You wanted me to improve my verbal communication As well as my body language But you never even tried to understand me properly It never occurred to you That there is a reason why I am different Or even if it did, you never truly cared What bothered me the most, though Was the fact That you believed you were acting in my best interests Of course, it was my mistake Not to leave this accursed country While I had the chance And seek my fortunes elsewhere A mistake I may probably regret For the rest of my life Anyway, as Arabella Figg once said "There's no good crying over spilt potion" I was a fool to listen to you But I have progressed in life Far more than you would've expected me And not because of you But in spite of you Well, I would love to meet you one of these days And prove to you That verbal communication is overrated Just like you yourselves are We autistic people can do equally well, if not better As compared to you neurotypicals Who are obsessed with correcting others Well, please look into the mirror And just leave us alone Worse than an enemy, is an NT with a saviour complex Well, we can see right through you You may think you are being kind and empathetic However, in reality, you are just a bunch of condescending wankers Who believe they are always right Well, there is nothing wrong in having your own views Just try not to force them down our throats I will end on this note Autistic people are human beings too It is time you learned to appreciate that
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Jun 23, 2023
Jun 23, 2023 at 12:37 AM UTC
Message To Certain Neurotypical People In My Life
You people never took me seriously For you, I was just a problem child Who needed to be molded According to your whims and fancies You never saw me as an individual Who has his own thoughts, feelings and emotions My opinions never mattered to you You wanted me to improve my verbal communication As well as my body language But you never even tried to understand me properly It never occurred to you That there is a reason why I am different Or even if it did, you never truly cared What bothered me the most, though Was the fact That you believed you were acting in my best interests Of course, it was my mistake Not to leave this accursed country While I had the chance And seek my fortunes elsewhere A mistake I may probably regret For the rest of my life Anyway, as Arabella Figg once said "There's no good crying over spilt potion" I was a fool to listen to you But I have progressed in life Far more than you would've expected me And not because of you But in spite of you Well, I would love to meet you one of these days And prove to you That verbal communication is overrated Just like you yourselves are We autistic people can do equally well, if not better As compared to you neurotypicals Who are obsessed with correcting others Well, please look into the mirror And just leave us alone Worse than an enemy, is an NT with a saviour complex Well, we can see right through you You may think you are being kind and empathetic However, in reality, you are just a bunch of condescending wankers Who believe they are always right Well, there is nothing wrong in having your own views Just try not to force them down our throats I will end on this note Autistic people are human beings too It is time you learned to appreciate that
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The country road like  poet’s fancies unravels Through the   giant hanky- sized paddy fields And  the dream  sized ponds Dotting  the landscape in perfect  squires and riots of skewed and regular shapes The green spread and the muddy beds, spell the village beauty. Parrot green fields And  stark blue skies  look at each other In perfect silence, like mother and babe And a   great , grey house  exposing its ragged bricks, Bared like  the buck tooth of the old Provokes a  village memory Past picking itself slowy and ambling into the future Its wooden columns stand like mute exclamation marks! or so it may look to me. Flies  the  skidding scaly tarred  snake   Fast and spreading like the traveler travelling on it. Patchy it looks, now;   And  full like the  misery  of the scorned lover Eager like  the  maiden speech of a parlimentarian   The country road, runs fluid like a stream after the rains. As the rustle of the engine   trips and   falls into the  divine  air. A  roaming peacock calling adds  charm to the great whole fare A winged beauty, struts across Nudged by the sputtering , speeding me. The exotic avian   attains the hedges galore With its   metal blue  feathery strangeness blurred in my glancing eye A species rare, found only in ornithologists diary. A  clamour in the  air And the   school boys emerge in buddy pairs Beneath the village banyan That let loose its tresses to dry like a country maid. I see, a promising glint in their eyes The will make themselves of king and ministers of the modern days The  sonority of ringing bell   clubs the cacophony of school boys in into two dead parts. They return to their classes, sanctified by the silence, And open their minds to the feminine vocie. A Glorious moment , As the  morn of wisdom is born Rich are the sightings of poor country side And many are the mappings on the way, My sensibilities recouped, I drove back not spent But profound. sound.
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Sep 13, 2010
Sep 13, 2010 at 5:15 AM UTC
The country side
The country road like  poet’s fancies unravels Through the   giant hanky- sized paddy fields And  the dream  sized ponds Dotting  the landscape in perfect  squires and riots of skewed and regular shapes The green spread and the muddy beds, spell the village beauty. Parrot green fields And  stark blue skies  look at each other In perfect silence, like mother and babe And a   great , grey house  exposing its ragged bricks, Bared like  the buck tooth of the old Provokes a  village memory Past picking itself slowy and ambling into the future Its wooden columns stand like mute exclamation marks! or so it may look to me. Flies  the  skidding scaly tarred  snake   Fast and spreading like the traveler travelling on it. Patchy it looks, now;   And  full like the  misery  of the scorned lover Eager like  the  maiden speech of a parlimentarian   The country road, runs fluid like a stream after the rains. As the rustle of the engine   trips and   falls into the  divine  air. A  roaming peacock calling adds  charm to the great whole fare A winged beauty, struts across Nudged by the sputtering , speeding me. The exotic avian   attains the hedges galore With its   metal blue  feathery strangeness blurred in my glancing eye A species rare, found only in ornithologists diary. A  clamour in the  air And the   school boys emerge in buddy pairs Beneath the village banyan That let loose its tresses to dry like a country maid. I see, a promising glint in their eyes The will make themselves of king and ministers of the modern days The  sonority of ringing bell   clubs the cacophony of school boys in into two dead parts. They return to their classes, sanctified by the silence, And open their minds to the feminine vocie. A Glorious moment , As the  morn of wisdom is born Rich are the sightings of poor country side And many are the mappings on the way, My sensibilities recouped, I drove back not spent But profound. sound.
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I That fawn-skin-dappled hair of hers, And the blue eye Dear and dewy, And that infantine fresh air of hers! II To think men cannot take you, Sweet, And enfold you, Ay, and hold you, And so keep you what they make you, Sweet! III You like us for a glance, you know— For a word’s sake, Or a sword’s sake, All’s the same, whate’er the chance, you know. IV And in turn we make you ours, we say— You and youth too, Eyes and mouth too, All the face composed of flowers, we say. V All’s our own, to make the most of, Sweet— Sing and say for, Watch and pray for, Keep a secret or go boast of, Sweet. VI But for loving, why, you would not, Sweet, Though we prayed you, Paid you, brayed you In a mortar—for you could not, Sweet. VII So, we leave the sweet face fondly there— Be its beauty Its sole duty! Let all hope of grace beyond, lie there! VIII And while the face lies quiet there, Who shall wonder That I ponder A conclusion? I will try it there. IX As,—why must one, for the love forgone, Scout mere liking? Thunder-striking Earth,—the heaven, we looked above for, gone! X Why with beauty, needs there money be— Love with liking? Crush the fly-king In his gauze, because no honey bee? XI May not liking be so simple-sweet, If love grew there ’Twould undo there All that breaks the cheek to dimples sweet? XII Is the creature too imperfect, say? Would you mend it And so end it? Since not all addition perfects aye! XIII Or is it of its kind, perhaps, Just perfection— Whence, rejection Of a grace not to its mind, perhaps? XIV Shall we burn up, tread that face at once Into tinder And so hinder Sparks from kindling all the place at once? XV Or else kiss away one’s soul on her? Your love-fancies!— A sick man sees Truer, when his hot eyes roll on her! XVI Thus the craftsman thinks to grace the rose,— Plucks a mould-flower For his gold flower, Uses fine things that efface the rose. XVII Rosy rubies make its cup more rose, Precious metals Ape the petals,— Last, some old king locks it up, morose! XVIII Then, how grace a rose? I know a way! Leave it rather. Must you gather? Smell, kiss, wear it—at last, throw away!
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A Pretty Woman
I That fawn-skin-dappled hair of hers, And the blue eye Dear and dewy, And that infantine fresh air of hers! II To think men cannot take you, Sweet, And enfold you, Ay, and hold you, And so keep you what they make you, Sweet! III You like us for a glance, you know— For a word’s sake, Or a sword’s sake, All’s the same, whate’er the chance, you know. IV And in turn we make you ours, we say— You and youth too, Eyes and mouth too, All the face composed of flowers, we say. V All’s our own, to make the most of, Sweet— Sing and say for, Watch and pray for, Keep a secret or go boast of, Sweet. VI But for loving, why, you would not, Sweet, Though we prayed you, Paid you, brayed you In a mortar—for you could not, Sweet. VII So, we leave the sweet face fondly there— Be its beauty Its sole duty! Let all hope of grace beyond, lie there! VIII And while the face lies quiet there, Who shall wonder That I ponder A conclusion? I will try it there. IX As,—why must one, for the love forgone, Scout mere liking? Thunder-striking Earth,—the heaven, we looked above for, gone! X Why with beauty, needs there money be— Love with liking? Crush the fly-king In his gauze, because no honey bee? XI May not liking be so simple-sweet, If love grew there ’Twould undo there All that breaks the cheek to dimples sweet? XII Is the creature too imperfect, say? Would you mend it And so end it? Since not all addition perfects aye! XIII Or is it of its kind, perhaps, Just perfection— Whence, rejection Of a grace not to its mind, perhaps? XIV Shall we burn up, tread that face at once Into tinder And so hinder Sparks from kindling all the place at once? XV Or else kiss away one’s soul on her? Your love-fancies!— A sick man sees Truer, when his hot eyes roll on her! XVI Thus the craftsman thinks to grace the rose,— Plucks a mould-flower For his gold flower, Uses fine things that efface the rose. XVII Rosy rubies make its cup more rose, Precious metals Ape the petals,— Last, some old king locks it up, morose! XVIII Then, how grace a rose? I know a way! Leave it rather. Must you gather? Smell, kiss, wear it—at last, throw away!
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