A Heart Divided
by Pierre Reverdy
He so spares himself
He so fears the coverings
The sky’s blue coverlet
And pillows of cloud
He is ill-clothed by his faith
He is so afraid of steps that go awry
And streets chipped in the ice
He is too tiny for winter
He so fears the cold
He is transparent in his mirror
He is so hazy he loses himself
Time rolls him under its waves
At moments his blood flows the wrong way
And his tears stain the linen
His hand gathers green trees
And nosegays of seaweed from the strand
His faith is a thorn bush
His hands bleed against his heart
His eyes have lost their glow
And his feet trail over the sea
Like the dead arms of devil-fish
He is lost in the universe
He stumbles against cities
Against himself and his own failings
Then pray that the Lord
Erase even the memory
Of this man from His mind
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Term by W. S. Merwin
- Wish by W. S. Merwin
- English Poetry. Richard Hovey. The Old Pine. Ричард Хави.
- Solomon And The Witch by William Butler Yeats
- Depression Before Spring by Wallace Stevens
- His Excellency General Washington by Phillis Wheatley
- The Challenge: A Court Ballad poem – Alexander Pope
- Song—Ae fond Kiss by Robert Burns
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 06 – part 02 by Torquato Tasso
- A Poet’s Epitaph by William Wordsworth
- Вера Павлова – Покамест я всем детям тётя
- ” When in the long–drawn avenues of Thought” poem – Alfred Austin
- Владимир Маяковский – Рассказ про то, как узнал Фадей закон
- You Must n’t Swim… by Rudyard Kipling
- The First Part: Sonnet 1 – In my first years, and prime yet not at height by William Drummond
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