Karle Wilson Baker Fire Poems
- 1. Texas Cowboy
From garden-beds I tend, it is not far
To those great ranges where he used to ride;
Timeâ??s shadowy Door still stands a rift ajar,
And Fancy, glancing backward and aside,
... - 2. The Cardinal And His Lady
The redbird is the core of fire at the heart of by still living;
And his little lady is the soft ashes covering the half-seen embers."
... - 3. Blue Smoke
The flame of my life burns low
Under the cluttered days,
Like a fire of leaves.
But always a little blue, sweet-smelling smoke
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