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Higher Still and Higher

   Higher Still and Higher That lower lip alone could cause us all To ponder beauty in the abstract — if The lip were not so lovely to enthrall Beyond pale intelligence.  A hieroglyph For everything which symphonies desire, This fuller plumpness with its carnal...

Easter Peonies

               Easter Peonies Pink peonies are dying.  Only those Most hidden in the shades from one near bush Hold on to sturdy hope, to lingering rose Determination not to wilt. These push With frilled resistance, blowse-like guimpes, against That insubstantial...

On the Right Hand of God, the Father Almighty

  On the Right Hand of God,         the Father Almighty The pheasant stalks the hoar-frost farmer’s field, But early morning’s backlighting shines strong, So blackest silhouette is this dawn’s yield. No.  Wait.  Pure ugliness does not belong To spring.  A moment...

Dark Curly Hair Blue

      Dark Curly Hair Blue     He wears the heavenly blue of Mary’s cloak Across the bicep on his left-hand side. That muscle is not very male.  The stroke Of folded blue placed there helps him to hide That fact.  Another crucial part is veiled By Mary Queen of...

Abel, Niels Henrik

    Abel, Niels Henrik ……………………Wikipedia …..Wikd Could someone please propose equations for The beauty of a man?  They must include His hair (of course) and—if divinest Thor Resembled him in any way — warm hued...

Erde und Himmel: a Sonnet

                              Erde und  Himmel:  a Sonnet The picture on the page (this photo in the ad) was not of you.  It looked like you, though.  Can it be that something quite so thin and boring as casually leafing through an in-flight magazine might bring this...