Love
Love
Love hungers, a cruel eye
stalking from the cliffs of cloud
the trembling sign—a meadow heart
is pinned beneath its plunging shadow;
goes with a rush of wings
into thick cedars at dusk
fiercely and no cry is lent
the wind where talons
struck.
Publication Details
Original Citation
Sparrow Magazine (April 1961) 21.
Word Count
44
Original Publication
Date Published
1961
Book Appearance
Complete Poems
108
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