Hope Sometimes when I’m lonely, Don’t know why, Keep thinkin’ I won’t be lonely By and by. Langston Hughes, 1902-1967 From The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. © 2002… Continue Reading
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -… Continue Reading
It Comes Unadorned It comesUnadornedLike a phraseStrong enough to cast a spell;It comesUnbidden,Like the turn of sun through hillsOr stars in wheels of song.The jeweled feet of women dance the earth.Arousing it to spring.Shoulders broad… Continue Reading
19 [Roa Lynn and Patrick Morgan] Roa Lynn and Patrick Morgan were moored in these waters, bewildered on this river, hostile, florid, morose, they go off to sea or to hell, with an intensifying love… Continue Reading
There's a certain Slant of light, There’s a certain Slant of light,Winter Afternoons –That oppresses, like the HeftOf Cathedral Tunes – Heavenly Hurt, it gives us –We can find no scar,But internal difference –Where the… Continue Reading