(From) The Invocation to Kali (May Sarton Poems)
There are times whenI think only of killingThe voracious animalwho is my perpetual shame,The violent oneWhose raging demandsBreak down peace ...
May Sarton Poems (8 Poems)
A Country Incident (May Sarton Poems)
Absorbed in planting bulbs, that work of hope,I was startled by a loud human voice,"Do go on working while I ...
Now I Become Myself (May Sarton Poems)
Now I become myself. It's takenTime, many years and places;I have been dissolved and shaken,Worn other people's faces,Run madly, as ...
Leaves before the Wind (May Sarton Poems)
We have walked, looked at the actual trees:The chestnut leaves wide-open like a hand,The beech leaves bronzing under every breeze,We ...
When a Woman Feels Alone (May Sarton Poems)
'When a woman feels alone, when the roomis full of daemons," the Nootka tribeTells us, 'The Old Woman will be ...
Who Wakes? (May Sarton Poems)
Who wakes now who lay blind with sleep?Who starts bright-eyed with anger from his bed?I do. I, the plain citizen. ...
The Phoenix again (May Sarton Poems)
On the ashes of this nestLove wove with deathly fireThe phoenix takes its restForgetting all desire.After the flame, a pause,After ...
First Snow (May Sarton Poems)
This is the first soft snowThat tiptoes up to your doorAs you sit by the fire and sew,That sifts through ...