I loved you, and I probably still do, And for a while the feeling may remain... But let my love no longer trouble you, I do not wish to cause you any pain. I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew, The jealousy, the shyness - though in vain - Made up a love so tender and so true As may God . . .
Sonnet 1
Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show, That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain, Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain,— I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe, Studying inventions . . .
Life Outside
To punish me, Adam has taken over the trees: Don't touch any this time. He lets the ripe fruit fall and dissolve in the grass. I envy those flies that just ride their wings into sweetness. What do I say? I wish I could return to the tree and turn away. I wish we could lie naked in a field . . .
Haiku: late moon
late moon each thought the other had the key — John Brandi For more John Brandi poems, see Seeding the Cosmos: New and Selected Haiku This poem appeared in Every Day Poems Check out Funny Love Songs Check out Romantic Love Songs . . .
Replenish
Remind me, would you, to buy more of the Peach Momotaro, with its images of waterfalls, lichen-toned terraces, waves of mountains imprinted with dots, little white flowers, and mist. When I drink it, and the steam enters me, I think of you and the water feels as if it’s pouring over the . . .
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