#Americans
The livid lightnings flashed in th… The leaden thunders crashed. A worshipper raised his arm. “Hearken! Hearken! The voice of… “Not so,” said a man.
There was, before me, Mile upon mile Of snow, ice, burning sand. And yet I could look beyond all t… To a place of infinite beauty;
Once, I knew a fine song, —It is true, believe me— It was all of birds, And I held them in a basket; When I opened the wicket,
UNWIND my riddle. Cruel as hawks the hours fly; Wounded men seldom come home to di… The hard waves see an arm flung hi… Scorn hits strong because of a lie…
A man toiled on a burning road, Never resting. Once he saw a fat, stupid ass Grinning at him from a green place… The man cried out in rage,
I met a seer. He held in his hands The book of wisdom. “Sir,” I addressed him, “Let me read.”
Upon the road of my life, Passed me many fair creatures, Clothed all in white, and radiant. To one, finally, I made speech: “Who art thou?”
The trees in the garden rained flo… Children ran there joyously. They gathered the flowers Each to himself. Now there were some
There was a great cathedral. To solemn songs, A white procession Moved toward the altar. The chief man there
Aman said to the universe, ‘Sir, I exist!’ ‘However,’ replied the universe, ‘The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.’
Your cross? The real cross Is made of pounds, Dollars or francs. Here I bear my palms for the sill…
I looked here; I looked there; Nowhere could I see my love. And—this time— She was in my heart.
The impact of a dollar upon the he… Smiles warm red light, Sweeping from the hearth rosily up… With the hanging cool velvet shado… Moving softly upon the door.
A slant of sun on dull brown walls… A forgotten sky of bashful blue. Toward God a mighty hymn, A song of collisions and cries, Rumbling wheels, hoof-beats, bells…
There was a man and a woman Who sinned. Then did the man heap the punishme… All upon the head of her, And went away gaily.