Harold Edward Monro Body Poems

  • 1.
    You little friend, your nose is ready; you sniff,
    Asking for that expected walk,
    (Your nostrils full of the happy rabbit-whiff)
    And almost talk.
    ...
  • 2.
    Since man has been articulate,
    Mechanical, improvidently wise,
    (Servant of Fate),
    He has not understood the little cries
    ...
  • 3.
    The tough hand closes gently on the load;
    Out of the mind, a voice
    Calls 'Lift!' and the arms, remembering well their work,
    Lengthen and pause for help.
    ...
  • 4.
    I

    Fit for perpetual worship is the power
    That holds our bodies safely to the earth.
    ...
  • 5.
    When the tea is brought at five o'clock,
    And all the neat curtains are drawn with care,
    The little black cat with bright green eyes
    Is suddenly purring there.
    ...
Total 5 Body Poems by Harold Edward Monro

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