Out Of The East (John Freeman Poems)
When man first walked upright and soberly Reflecting as he paced to and fro,And no more swinging from wide tree to ...
John Freeman Poems on Death & Dying (24 Poems)
The Human Music (John Freeman Poems)
At evening when the aspens rustled softAnd the last blackbird by the hedge-nest laughed,And through the leaves the moon's unmeaning ...
The Pigeons (John Freeman Poems)
The pigeons, following the faint warm light,Stayed at last on the roof till warmth was gone,Then in the mist that's ...
The Undying (John Freeman Poems)
In thin clear light unshadowed shapes go bySmall on green fields beneath the hueless sky.They do not stay for question, ...
The Song Of The Forest (John Freeman Poems)
ITo Thee, Most Holy, Most Obscure, light-hidden,Shedding light in the darkness of the mindAs gold beams wake the air to ...
The Thorn (John Freeman Poems)
The days of these two years like busy antsHave gone, confused and happy and distressed, Rich, yet sad with aching wants, Crowded, ...
The Stars In Their Courses (John Freeman Poems)
And now, while the dark vast earth shakes and rocksIn this wild dream-like snare of mortal shocks,How look (I muse) ...
Nightfall (John Freeman Poems)
I Eve goes slowly Dancing lightlyClad with shadow up the hills; Birds their singing Cease at last, and silenceFalling like fine rain the valley ...
Talk (John Freeman Poems)
So many were there talking that I heardNothing at first quite plain, as I sat down;Until from this man's gibe ...
The Brightness (John Freeman Poems)
Away, away--Through that strange void and vastBrimmed with dying day;Away,So that I feelOnly the windOf the world's swift-rolling wheel.See what ...
The Last Time (John Freeman Poems)
For the last time,The last, last time,The last ...All those last times have I lived through again,And every "last" renews ...
From Wear To Thames (John Freeman Poems)
Is it because Spring now is comeThat my heart leaps in its bed of dust?Is it with sorrow or strange ...
Rapture (John Freeman Poems)
If thou hast griefAnd passion vex the spirit that is in thee--There was a stony beachWhere the heat flickered and ...
Fear (John Freeman Poems)
There was a child that screamed,And if it was the gathering tingling dark,Or if it was the tingling silencesBetween few ...
The Creeper (John Freeman Poems)
It covered allThe cold east wall,Its green, thin gold, purple, brown,And flame running up and down;Lifting its quiet bosom to ...
But Most Thy Light (John Freeman Poems)
I know how fire burns,How from the wrangling fumesRose and amber blooms, And slowly dies.Nothing's so swift as fire,There's nothing alive ...
The Fear (John Freeman Poems)
Surely I must have ailed On that dark night,Or my childish courage failed Because there was no light;Or terror must have come With ...
The Bright Rider (John Freeman Poems)
All the night through I drankSleep like water or cool cider;Life flowed over and I sankDown below the night of ...
On A Piece Of Silver (John Freeman Poems)
So! the fierce acid licks the silver clean,Unwonted plain the superscription's seenRound the cleared head; the metal, virgin-bright,Shines a mild ...
The Idiot (John Freeman Poems)
He stands on the kerbWatching the street.He's always watching there,Listening to the beatOf time in the street,Listening to the thronging ...
Asking Forgiveness (John Freeman Poems)
I did not say, "Yes, we had better partSince love is over or must be suppressed."I did not say, "I'll ...
Earth To Earth (John Freeman Poems)
What is the soul? Is it the windAmong the branches of the mind?Is it the sea against Time's shoreBreaking and ...
Strife (John Freeman Poems)
The wind fought with the angry trees.All morning in immense uneaseThey wrestled, and ruin strawed the ground, And the north sky ...
Alone And Cold (John Freeman Poems)
Do not, O do not use me As you have used others.Better you did refuse me: You have refused others.Better, far better ...