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Alexander at Babylon

                                             Alexander at Babylon                                            (June 323 BC)        “My good friend […]

The Terrible Beauty

                      The Terrible Beauty               “A terrible beauty is born”.                                                           […]

A Spell

                                A Spell             (For the release of a Giant)             Amanatha!. Zaranthula!. I call upon the powers of the sky!.      (Come thunder, lightning, storm-bred wind!).     […]

Atalanta and Milanion

              Atalanta and Milanion        If you should really want to hit the mark, Striking your target where the bull’s-eye stares, Do not allow your aim to be disturbed By the intrusion of distractive thought      Or sight; just concentrate on your intent!.       […]

Lost

           Lost      (A Satire)   Lost…lost…lost…      In the sands of Poetry, Not knowing which way to turn,      Confused, I go.        I am amazed, Distressed to see, Everywhere, prose praised      As poetry Whilst lyric lines — in beauty dressed —   […]

Say Not So!

                            Say Not So!        Oh, say not so — “We two are through!” —      For you must know, (Through weal or woe),      I love you.        So, say not so; For I shall rue […]

Leviathan

                         Leviathan        Who can read the mind of a whale; Or who interpret its strange voice Which tunes its throbbing notes to suit The deep sea-currents’ telegraph And reach the furthest cetan ear?.      Who can learn the ways of […]

Exile

              Exile        If break you must, then silent do the deed My painful heart; we cannot let her hear The dissolution of your muscled force!. Unheard within this exiled body, tear Yourself apart with noiseless wrack and bleed To death with no sound of remorse!.   […]

Harold at Hastings

Harold at Hastings          (14 October 1066)        Harald Hardraada, King of Norway, dead With traitor Tostig (Earl Northumberland Before his baser nature had been known), Caught by surprise at Yorkshire’s Stamford Bridge By England’s king as they invaded there To steal his crown away; now that same king, Harold, […]

Unwelcome

                                          Unwelcome        Why have you come again, unasked, Back from the Limbo of the Lost?. Why have you returned to me After so long away?.      Why, my remembered darling, Do […]

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