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The Alien
A petal drifted loose
From a great magnolia bloom,
Your face hung in the gloom,
Floating, white and close.
From a great magnolia bloom,
Your face hung in the gloom,
Floating, white and close.
We seemed alone: but another
Bent o'er you with lips of flame,
Unknown, without a name,
Hated, and yet my brother.
Your one short moan of pain
Was an exorcising spell:
The devil flew back to hell;
We were alone again.
Fiction
Poetry
- A Little Memory
- Anniversaries
- Books And Thoughts
- By the Fire
- Complaint of a Poet Manque
- Crapulous Impression
- Darkness
- Doors Of The Temple
- In Uncertainty to a Lady
- Inspiration
- Italy
- L'Après-Midi D'un Faune
- Love Song
- Minoan Porcelain
- On the Bus
- Out of the Window
- Panic
- Poem
- Points and Lines
- Private Property
- Return from Business
- Revelation
- Scenes of the Mind
- Social Amenities
- Song of the Populars
- Stanzas
- Summer Stillness
- The Alien
- The Decameron
- The Defeat of Youth
- The Elms
- The Flowers
- The Life Theoretic
- The Louse-Hunters
- The Reef
- Topiary
- Valedictory
- Vision
- Waking
- Winter Dream
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