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Book: Poems of Lustra

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  • Alba
    As cool as the pale wet leaves
          of lily-of-the-valley
    3 lines, 1 comment
  • Meditatio
    When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs
    I am compelled to conclude
    5 lines
  • Epilogue
    O chansons foregoing
    You were a seven days' wonder.
    10 lines
  • L'Art
    Green arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth,
    Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes.
    2 lines
  • The Bath-Tub
    As a bathtub lined with white porcelain,
    When the hot water gives out or goes tepid,
    4 lines
  • A Pact
    I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman -
    I have detested you long enough.
    9 lines, 2 comments
  • The Seeing Eye
    The small dogs look at the big dogs;
    They observe unwieldy dimensions
    10 lines
  • The Lake Isle
    O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves,
    Give me in due time, I beseech you, a little tobacco-shop,
    17 lines
  • Ione, Dead the Long Year
    Empty are the ways,
    Empty are the ways of this land
    8 lines, 2 comments
  • Fan-Piece, For Her Imperial Lord
    O fan of white silk,
    clear as frost on the grass-blade,
    3 lines, 1 comment
  • Villanelle: The Psychological Hour
    I had over prepared the event,
    that much was ominous.
    43 lines
  • Ité
    Go, my songs, seek your praise from the young
    and from the intolerant,
    5 lines
  • Ts'ai Chi'h
    The petals fall in the fountain,
    the orange-coloured rose-leaves,
    3 lines
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