Claude McKay Poems on Mind Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

O lonely heart so timid of approach, Like the shy tropic flower that shuts its lips To the faint touch ...

Now the dead past seems vividly alive, And in this shining moment I can trace, Down through the vista of ...

I plucked my soul out of its secret place, And held it to the mirror of my eye, To see ...

Your body was a sacred cell always, A jewel that grew dull in garish light, An opal which beneath my ...

Here, passing lonely down this quiet lane, Before a mud-splashed window long I pause To gaze and gaze, while through ...

O whisper, O my soul! The afternoon Is waning into evening, whisper soft! Peace, O my rebel heart! for soon ...

My spirit wails for water, water now! My tongue is aching dry, my throat is hot For water, fresh rain ...

Your voice is the color of a robin's breast, And there's a sweet sob in it like rain--still rain in ...

Aleta mentions in her tender letters, Among a chain of quaint and touching things, That you are feeble, weighted down ...

Claude McKay Poems on Mind (9 Poems)