Next Year (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
Up and down the street I know,Now that there are Grief and War,All day long the people goAs they went ...
Margaret Widdemer Poems (88 Poems)
Lost Counsel (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
IF you were but near me, O kindest and best,I could tell you my trouble, And I could have rest;You would smile ...
I Was Still A Child (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
I WAS still a child Till I came to you,Child-eyes, child-heart, Child-lips all too true;I went silently, With all-wondering eyes . . ."She ...
Greek Love Song (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
Under dusky laurel leaf,Scarlet leaf of rose,I lie prone, who have knownAll a woman knows.Love and grief and motherhood,Fame and ...
Certainties (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
WHETHER you live by hut or throne Whether your feet tread stone or grassComes the one lad you shall never own Or ...
And If You Came- (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
AND if you came?- Oh, I would smile And sit quite still to hideMy throat that something clutched the while, My heart ...
Whistle-Fantasy (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
OUT in the dark the train passesAnd the whistle calls to the child,Desolate, piercing, wild,From the track in the meadow-grasses ...
Interim (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
I HAVE a little peace today, And I can pause and seeHow life is filled with golden things And gracious things for ...
Denial (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
IT never would have hurt God To have made the world today So that your footsteps turned my way,So that our two ...
I Said, “Love Is Gone” (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
I SAID, "Love is gone; I need bear no moreTerrible dawn And midnight soreHungering dreams I cannot keepAnd fever-streams Across my sleep . . ...
Unfaith (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
YOU hid the love in your eyes- How could you think I knew?It was only a step to his comforting From the ...
If you should tire of loving me.. (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
If you should tire of loving meSome one of our far days,Oh, never start to hide your heartOr cover thought ...
Song: Kind Adieu (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
GOOD-BY, my dear, good-by- You woke my heart to break it, So if another take itWhy need you turn or sigh?New roads ...
I Took His Dreams (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
I TOOK his dreams from him, Boy-dreams of gold and red,I gave him sorrows dim, White grief, instead, . . .And for ...
Goodbye My Lover (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
All the flags stream abroad, and the crowds wave and cry-And I watch for your face in the long lines ...
To A Young Girl At A Window (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
THE Poor Old Soul plods down the street, Contented, and forgettingHow Youth was wild, and Spring was wild And how her life ...
Laggard (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
My mind is very swift and gay;She flutters to and fro,She knows a thousand things to play,A thousand roads to ...
Other People (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
I LOOK at all the people Who meet me and are gay,And wonder have they broken hearts That hurt night and day?So ...
October (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
DONE with the Spring's unrest and gleam, The summer's toil and rich unrest, With nothing left to seek or keep Before she turns ...
The Masters (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
YOU have taught me laughter, Joyousness and light,How the day is rosy-wild, Star-enthrilled the night:Maybe God can teach me After you are goneHow ...
Prescience (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
I WENT to sleep smiling, I wakened despairing-Where was my soul, On what terror-path faring?What grief shall befall me, By midnight or noon,What ...
Discovery (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
WITHIN my mirror I could seeLast night as I gazed steadfastlyAn old strange thing look out at me;The smile my ...
Old Wine (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
IF I could lift My heart but high enough My heart could fill with love:But ah, my heart Too still and heavy stays Too ...
Wise People (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
I THINK that we are very strong and wise, Mocking at love and at the grief thereafter, . . .For sometimes ...
If you should tire of loving me (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
If you should tire of loving me Some one of our far days, Oh, never start to hide your heart ...
Irish Love Song (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
Well, if the thing is over, better it is for me, The lad was ever a rover, loving and laughing ...
Song (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
The Spring will come when the year turns, As if no Winter had been, But what shall I do with ...
The Dark Cavalier (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
I am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover: My arms shall welcome you when other arms are tired; ...