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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GIFTS, by MAY WILLIAMS WARD Poet's Biography First Line: I have had lovers and would-be lovers Last Line: Only rest. . . . Subject(s): Gifts & Giving; Love Affairs | |||
I have had lovers and would-be lovers. One brought burning lips; One, a restlessness such as hovers Over ships; One brought a whirlwind of merrymaking; One, his first-born song -- (For a little I might have been his for the taking, Not for long.) So many disturbing gifts -- even the singing -- And not a giver guessed I shall be won by a lover bringing Only rest. . . . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOUBLE SPHERE, CLOVEN SPHERE by NORMAN DUBIE A MONTH IN SUMMER by CAROLYN KIZER OAXACA 1925 by KENNETH REXROTH SOTTOPORTICO SAN ZACCARIA by KENNETH REXROTH APOLLO AT LAX by KAREN SWENSON IT'S ME, I'M NOT HOME by REETIKA VAZIRANI A PURCHASE by MAY WILLIAMS WARD |
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