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My Hero Bares His Nerves
My Hero Bares His Nerves
My hero bares his nerves along my wrist
That rules from wrist to shoulder,
Unpacks the head that, like a sleepy ghost, <…
Not From This Anger
Not From This Anger
Not from this anger, anticlimax after
Refusal struck her loin and the lame flower
Bent like a beast to lap the singular flood…
Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed
Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed
Lie still, sleep becalmed, sufferer with the wound
In the throat, burning and turning. All night afloat
On the silent s…
Limerick
Limerick
There was an old bugger called God,
who got a young virgin in pod.
This disgraceful behaviour
begot Christ our Saviour, …
Into Her Lying Down Head
Into Her Lying Down Head
I
Into her lying down head
His enemies entered bed,
Under the encumbered eyelid,
Through the rip…
January 1939
January 1939
Because the pleasure-bird whistles after the hot wires,
Shall the blind horse sing sweeter?
Convenient bird and beast lie lodged to …
In The White Giant's Thigh
In The White Giant's Thigh
Through throats where many rivers meet, the curlews cry,
Under the conceiving moon, on the high chalk hill,
And there …
In My Craft or Sullen Art
In My Craft or Sullen Art
In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed
…
If my head hurt a hair's foot
If my head hurt a hair's foot
'If my head hurt a hair's foot
Pack back the downed bone. If the unpricked ball of my breath
Bump on a spout let th…
I, In My Intricate Image
I, In My Intricate Image
I
I, in my intricate image, stride on two levels,
Forged in man's minerals, the brassy orator
Laying my …
I Fellowed Sleep
I Fellowed Sleep
I fellowed sleep who kissed me in the brain,
Let fall the tear of time; the sleeper's eye,
Shifting to light, turned on me like …
I Make This In A Warring Absence
I Make This In A Warring Absence
I make this in a warring absence when
Each ancient, stone-necked minute of love's season
Harbours my anchored to…
How Soon The Servant Sun
How Soon The Servant Sun
How soon the servant sun,
(Sir morrow mark),
Can time unriddle, and the cupboard stone,
(Fog has a bone
…
Holy Spring
Holy Spring
O
Out of a bed of love
When that immortal hospital made one more moove to soothe
The curless counted body,
And ruin a…
Here In This spring
Here In This spring
Here in this spring, stars float along the void;
Here in this ornamental winter
Down pelts the naked weather;
This su…
From Love's First Fever to Her Plague
From Love's First Fever to Her Plague
From love's first fever to her plague, from the soft second
And to the hollow minute of the womb,
From the …
Especially When the October Wind
Especially When the October Wind
Especially when the October wind
With frosty fingers punishes my hair,
Caught by the crabbing sun I walk on fire…
Find Meat On Bones
Find Meat On Bones
'Find meat on bones that soon have none,
And drink in the two milked crags,
The merriest marrow and the dregs
Before t…
Ears in the Turrets Hear
Ears in the Turrets Hear
Ears in the turrets hear
Hands grumble on the door,
Eyes in the gables see
The fingers at the locks.
Sha…
Clown in the Moon
Clown in the Moon
My tears are like the quiet drift
Of petals from some magic rose;
And all my grief flows from the rift
Of unremembered …
Being But Men
Being But Men
Being but men, we walked into the trees
Afraid, letting our syllables be soft
For fear of waking the rooks,
For fear of com…
Because The Pleasure-Bird Whistles
Because The Pleasure-Bird Whistles
Because the pleasure-bird whistles after the hot wires,
Shall the blind horse sing sweeter?
Convenient bird an…
Among Those Killed in the Dawn Raid Was a Man Aged a Hundred
Among Those Killed in the Dawn Raid Was a Man Aged a Hundred
When the morning was waking over the war
He put on his clothes and stepped out and he died, …
Author's Prologue
Author's Prologue
This day winding down now
At God speeded summer's end
In the torrent salmon sun,
In my seashaken house
On a bre…