As I would free the white almond from the green husk
So would I strip your trappings off,
Beloved.
And fingering the smooth and polished kernel
I should see that in my hands glittered a gem beyond counting.

(C) Amy Lowell
01/01/2000


Best Poems of Amy Lowell

• Solitaire
• The Pond
• A Blockhead
• Aubade
• A Tulip Garden
• A Ballad Of Footmen
• Song
• A Little Song
• Irony
• A Gift
• Anticipation
• Absence
• The Hammers: Part 05 - St. Helena, May, 1821
• Climbing
• Leisure
• A Winter Ride
• In A Garden
• The Lamp Of Life
• A Lady
• The Cremona Violin
• Apology