George Barker Remember Poems
- 1. Summer Song
I looked into my heart to write
And found a desert there.
But when I looked again I heard
Howling and proud in every word
... - 2. O Who Will Speak From A Womb Or A Cloud?
Not less light shall the gold and the green lie
On the cyclonic curl and diamonded eye, than
Love lay yesterday on the breast like a beast.
Not less light shall God tread my maze of nerve
... - 3. Grandfather, Grandfather
Grandfather, Grandfather,
what do pandas say?
Grandfather, Grandfather,
as among the rocks they roll
... - 4. At Thurgarton Church
To the memory of my father
At Thurgarton Church the sun
burns the winter clouds over
... - 5. To Any Member Of My Generation
What is it you remember? - the summer mornings
Down by the river at Richmond with a girl,
And as you kissed, clumsy in bathing costumes,
History guffawed in a rosebush. What a warning -
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jerome kohn: am seraching for a poem by George Barker with these verses:
I have been too long away from my domain
Too much pursued my own will-o-the whips
Against a stranger pillow
To think that destinations conver
the running sore of separation.
