California (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Was it the sigh and shiver of the leaves?Was it the murmer of the meadow brook,That in and out the ...
Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems on Fairness (23 Poems)
Lucifer (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
The World sweeps by! It is the end of Time!Nay, not the end, for Time can have no end:A cycle ...
A Song Of The Summer Wind (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
BALMILY, balmily, summer wind,Sigh through the mountain passes;Over the sleep of the beautiful deep,Over the woods' green masses -Ripple the ...
The Vision Of Saint Francis (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Francis D' Assisi, gentlest Saint of Saint's,Within his garden where the roses grewThat knew no thorn, slept from a wearinessOf ...
Redemption (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Most fair is Earth!This side sweet Heaven, I think, no thing more fairThan the still faceShe turns to her white ...
Millennium (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
THE night falls, heavy with the coming storm!Far out, the ocean frets against the bar,And the cloud-legions, gathering force and ...
“In ended days, a child, I trod thy sands” (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
In ended days, a child, I trod thy sands,The sands unbuilded, rank with brush and brierAnd blossom-chased the sea-foam on ...
In Adversity (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Friends whom I feasted in my luxury,In sorrow turned from me.A hundred servitors, that once did waitUpon my high estate,Me ...
A Perfect Day (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
I WILL be glad to - day: the sunSmiles all adown the land;The lilies lean along the way;Serene on either ...
Leaf And Blade (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
I AM a lowly grass-blade,A fair green leaf is she,Her little fluttering shadowFalls daily over me.She sits so high in ...
La Flor Del Salvador (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
THE Daffodil sang: '' Darling of the sunAm I, am I, that wearHis colors everywhere."The Violet pleaded soft, in undertone:'' ...
Summons (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
LONG, swinging bells of pomegranate!O orange-buds, falling as snow!O singing of lark and of linnet -Singing high in the leaves, ...
Hope (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Fairer than any flowerOf summer's hour,Sweeter than any love-Ay, sweet in truth! -Of her what shall be said?Hope, that is ...
Rebuke (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
"THE world is old and the world is cold,And never a day is fair," I said.Out of the heavens the ...
My House (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Clean winds sweep over it,Blue sky to cover it,The sun to give it lightAnd moon and stars of night;Jeweled the ...
Peace (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Love, poised for ready flight,Ruddy as morning light,Bright and as brief his stay;Hope with alluring wingFair as the flowers of ...
Fulfillment (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
FOR the fledgeling bird-life stilled,Its wings untaught,Its music all unbilled;For the poet's voiceless thought,The song unsung;For the loving heart unsought;Hope, ...
Not Yet (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
NOT yet from the yellow west,Fade, light of the autumn dayFar lies my haven of rest,And rough the way.She has ...
Luther Burbank (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
O Mother Earth, how couldst thou let him go?Thy son, whose every touch was a caressTo blossom into all of ...
Opportunity (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
The morning-glory, wet with the night rain,Swinging its sapphire bells against the pane,Chimes: 'Wake! The day is here!Wake, dreamer, to ...
Who Knoweth? (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
WHO knoweth the hope that was born to me,When the spring - time came with its greenery!With orchard blossoming, fair ...
Santa Clara Valley (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Green pasture-slopes with dotting trees;Broad garden-stretches, far and fair;White cloud on cloud of orchard-bloom;A balm, a fragrance, all the air!Whistle ...
To San Francisco (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Fair on your hills, my City,Fair as the Queen of old,Supreme in her seven-hilled splendor-You, from your Gate of Gold,Facing ...