(August 12, 1901 - July 13, 1987 / Pennsylvania / United States)

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Poems of Robert Francis

1. Blue Winter 1/3/2003
2. Catch 1/3/2003
3. Encounter 1/3/2003
4. Fair And Unfair 1/13/2003
5. Farm Boy After Summer 1/3/2003
6. Glass 1/3/2003
7. Hallelujah: A Sestina 1/3/2003
8. In Memoriam: Four Poets 1/3/2003
9. New England Mind 1/3/2003
10. On a Theme by Frost 1/3/2003
11. Paper Men To Air Hopes And Fears 1/3/2003
12. Return 1/3/2003
13. Sheep 1/3/2003
14. Silent Poem 1/3/2003
15. Squash in Blossom 1/3/2003
16. Summons 1/3/2003
17. Symbol 1/3/2003
18. The Bulldozer 1/3/2003
19. Thoreau in Italy 1/3/2003
20. Waxwings 1/13/2003

Waxwings

Four Tao philosophers as cedar waxwings
chat on a February berry bush
in sun, and I am one.

Such merriment and such sobriety--
the small wild fruit on the tall stalk--
was this not always my true style?

Above an elegance of snow, beneath

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