Poems About: GRIEF

I will not blame the moon
For bringing me this
Pale sadness
On some pictures of grief read more »

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In congested homes of slums read more »

Grief thief of time crawls off,
The moon-drawn grave, with the seafaring years,
The knave of pain steals off read more »

I am two fools, I know—
For loving, and for saying so
In whining poetry;
But where's that wiseman that would not be I, read more »

I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing, Eyes--
I wonder if It weighs like Mine--
Or has an Easier size. read more »

XXXV

If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange
And be all to me? Shall I never miss read more »

Here again to show the sadness, pain, and grief
Not of lost love, but a pain so bleak
A life that seems so meek
A darkened shadow that creeps it way to kill read more »

Dionysus walks his vineyard, his beloved;
Two women in dark clothing - two vintagers - follow him.
Dionysus tells the two mournful guards - The vintagers:
"Take your sharp knife, my vintners, Grief and Torment; read more »

If you go deep
Into the heart
What do you find there?
Fear, fear, read more »

Though broken 'neath the weight of grief,
The heart beats on in sorrow.
It seeks to meet some soon relief
But finds none in the morrow. read more »

MY grief on the sea,
How the waves of it roll!
For they heave between me
And the love of my soul! read more »