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 Faces (11 Poems)
The Visit (John Freeman Poems)
I reached the cottage. I knew it from the cardHe had given me--the low door heavily barred,Steep roof, and two ...
The Fire (John Freeman Poems)
Near the house flowed, or paused, the black Canal,Edged by the timber piles so black and tall.From the rotten fence ...
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 ...
In Those Old Days (John Freeman Poems)
In those old days you were called beautiful,But I have worn the beauty from your face;The flowerlike bloom has withered ...
Let Me In (John Freeman Poems)
LET me in, let me in!O, I have seen, I have heardAt my window something strangeThreatening ill.-Come, fear nothing. 'Twas ...
Your Shadow (John Freeman Poems)
From Swindon out to White Horse Hill I walked, in morning rain,And saw your shadow lying there. As clear and plainAs lies ...
To My Mother (John Freeman Poems)
No foreign tribute from a stranger-hand,Mother, I bring thee, whom not Heaven's songsWould as an alien reach.... Ah, but how ...
Eyes (John Freeman Poems)
A winter sky of pale blue and pale gold,Bare trees, a wind that made the wood-path cold,And one slow-moving figure, ...
Waiting (John Freeman Poems)
Rich in the waning light she satWhile the fierce rain on the window spat.The yellow lamp-glow lit her face,Shadows cloaked ...
Justification (John Freeman Poems)
From far-off it came nearDeep-charactered and clear,Until I saw the features close to mineAnd the eyes unhappy shine.It was Sorrow's ...