Tag Archive | Edna St.Vincent Millay
Of herald wings came whispering
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
Time does not bring relief, it begs For change, like a butterfly in July The old snow melted from every Mountainside, but whose to say How tall the grass grows Heaped on my heart like layers of years Only love, with the shrinking of the tides Can ease the pain…
HERO’S DEPARTURE
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
It’s little I care what path I take Since the world-soul guides me And where my departure leads For heart-break’s arrival is my passage To another kind of life, I must go I must leave, and off somewhere Who knows what’s in my escape? It’s little I know what’s in…
WHITE JADE, FEMALE POET, ORANGE PITCHER
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
Heaven bless the babe Orphaned by divinity What queer books she will read Granted, to be a poet isn’t easy When she is older, she will say: “Till the Spring, my murdered lover Till our souls meet in another form The language of my foolishness Will be the bridge I…