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Before Sleep

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The lateral vibrations caress me, They leap and caress me, They work pathetically in my favour, They seek my financial good. She of the spear stands present. The gods of…

Ballad of the Goodly Fere

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Simon Zelotes speaking after the Crucifixion. Fere=Mate, Companion. Ha’ we lost the goodliest fere o’ all For the priests and the gallows tree? Aye lover he was of brawny men,…

Ballad for Gloom

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For God, our God is a gallant foe That playeth behind the veil. I have loved my God as a child at heart That seeketh deep bosoms for rest, I…

And the days are not full enough

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And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass

Ancient Music

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Winter is icummen in, Lhude sing Goddamm. Raineth drop and staineth slop, And how the wind doth ramm! Sing: Goddamm. Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us, An ague hath my ham.…

An Immorality

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Sing we for love and idleness, Naught else is worth the having. Though I have been in many a land, There is naught else in living. And I would rather…

Alba

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As cool as the pale wet leaves of lily-of-the-valley She lay beside me in the dawn.

A Virginal

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No, no! Go from me. I have left her lately. I will not spoil my sheath with lesser brightness, For my surrounding air hath a new lightness; Slight are her…

A Pact

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I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman– I have detested you long enough. I come to you as a grown child Who has had a pig-headed father; I am…