Karle Wilson Baker Life Poems
- 1. The Tree
My life is a tree,
Yoke-fellow of the earth;
Pledged,
By roots too deep for remembrance,
... - 2. 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,
... - 3. Apple And Rose
My little daughter is a tea-rose,
Satin to the touch,
Wine to the lips,
And a faint, delirious perfume.
... - 4. 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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