Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A QUESTION, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poet's Biography First Line: What do I want of you? You fill Last Line: I think the world hears my heart beat. Subject(s): Blindness; Kisses; Love; Visually Handicapped | ||||||||
What do I want of you? You fill The air about me with delight. A power stronger than my will Draws me towards you day and night. And yet I do not ask to press Even your hand in a caress. Your presence vague and nebulous Moves with me as I cross the street; Your sweetness like an angelus Makes holy ground beneath my feet. In every lovely form I pass You shape yourself as in a glass. What do I want of you? I see Your other lovers pine to drain The passion of your ecstasy In kisses desperate as rain, And yet, although I am not blind, Not to that harbour steers my mind. What do I want of you? God knows! I only know it is too high, Too rare a venture to disclose, Save to the vast and starless sky. Nothing I want, yet when we meet, I think the world hears my heart beat. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLIND POET by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL THE BLIND SHEEP by RANDALL JARRELL THE BLIND by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BLIND DOG OF VENICE by RON PADGETT BATTLE AFTER WAR by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BOARDING: 5. THE DADAR SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND by REETIKA VAZIRANI |
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