Elizabeth Jennings Cold Poems
- 1. Accepted
You are no longer young,
Nor are you very old.
There are homes where those belong.
You know you do not fit
... - 2. One Flesh
Lying apart now, each in a separate bed,
He with a book, keeping the light on late,
She like a girl dreaming of childhood,
All men elsewhere, it is as if they wait
... - 3. A Performance Of Henry V At Stratford-upon-avon
Nature teaches us our tongue again
And the swift sentences came pat. I came
Into cool night rescued from rainy dawn.
And I seethed with language, Henry at
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