Poems from 2019

October

The Great MotionLove is not it all, she said.

What it isI think She grows

KindlingIf sparks are not enough,

SaraIt was the flowers,

September

TraditionI think the future

After LincolnAlas, there came more wars,

The Lady KnowsThe Lady knows

August

Lincoln's MemorySo favored forms of power

Twilight Over VirginiaI thought I saw Virginia

Lady in the TempleShe looked around

The Lady Speaks of ProgressFor Langston Hughes

Lady in the DarkBeneath the moon

In the BeginningThe question

July

The Lady Sings for HobbesWhat sayest thou, clear thinker,

Beatrice Among the DaffodilsI see the beloved, dancing

For the InnocentListen, for I will tell you

White ShadeA shade of white,

June

CricketsUp upon a hill I heard

Go not aloneThere is a place beyond

May

Against Ice SculpturesAlas, I see them still

The LadyI dreamed I saw a Lady

SainthoodBy Hippo’s pearl-white gate we stand,

April

MarriageAh, the fall,

Mother and Son“Come,” she says,

March

RosieRosie works

I have withdrawn from the worldI have withdrawn from the world

The New BirdThe idea waits upon a bough.

Not Without ReasonThe question remains

King Henry in the PlaypenThe Virgin laughs

On WadingSuccessful waders

February

On NothingO emptiness, O void supreme!

January

Milton UsurpedI can’t go to Paradise no more.

HoleAnd as a hole where a house once stood

For the Love of AristotleI feel the burning pressure

Nixon at the Threshold of the Lincoln MemorialSomething that is completely clean can also be…

America or AristotleO land of confusion, burning bright!

BeingFor Heidegger