by Katherine Phillips Come, my Lucasia, since we seeThat Miracles Men’s Faith do move,By wonder and by prodigyTo the dull angry world let’s proveThere’s a Religion in our Love.For though we were design’d t’agree,That Fate no liberty destroyes,But our Election is as freeAs Angels, who with greedy choiceAre yet determined to their jokes.Our hearts areContinue reading “Friendship’s Mystery, To My Dearest Lucasia”
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A Poison Tree
by William Blake 1757-1827 I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft, deceitful wiles.Continue reading “A Poison Tree”
Wars and Rumors of Wars
by Emanuel Xavier “Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye not be troubles; all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet ” -Matthew 24:6 1. I escape the horrors of war with a towel and a room Offering myself to Palestinian and Jewish boys asContinue reading “Wars and Rumors of Wars”
The Old Prison
by Judith Wright Australian poet The rows of cells are unroofed, a flute for the wind’s mouth, who comes with a breath of ice from the blue caves of the south. O dark and fierce day: the wind like an angry bee hunts for the black honey in the pits of the hollow sea. WavesContinue reading “The Old Prison”
Robin's Nest 