Devotion

The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to the ocean
Holding the curve of one position
Counting an endless repetition


Robert Frost

Don't dither! Take Vienna!

If you are going to take Vienna,
TAKE VIENNA!


attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte

Langston Hughes

Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter
And my throat
Is deep with song
You do not think
I suffer after
I have held my pain
So long.

Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter
You do not hear
My inner cry
Because my feet
Are gay with dancing
You do not know
I die


in Maya Angelou's Even the Stars Look Lonesome

Amorous 3

Magnolias burst thro' buds
with luscious pink blooms

Cupid shoots for our hearts
with crimson tips
of quivering maiden lips

Amorous 2

Pink dogwood blooms
tipped in red
weaving in the morning breeze

Chirping bluejays
bouncing gaily
on japanese maple boughs

Beads of sweat
ride tender breasts
dashing for the coach