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Love

Text of Poem

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.

First Line
Love hungers, a cruel eye
Original Pub Location
Original Publication Date
1961
Original Citation
Sparrow Magazine (April 1961) 21.
Complete Poems
108
Hearst Collections
Word Count
44
Poetic Form
open
Themes