The wheel of earth

We lay beneath the alder tree Her breast she leaned upon my hand The alder leaf moved over me The sun moved over on the land Her mouth she pressed upon my mouth I felt the leaf...

Take it up in your arms I said Let it lie where it must At your side on your breast Let it rest Love has life not of love But of us I said Let it lie where it must

Let it be what it is she said Let it wait as it must It will choose soon or late Let it wait Love has life not of us But of love she said Let it lie where it must

Lovers who must say farewell When the road has reached the trees Lovers who have all to tell Where the road runs out of sight In the green beyond the leaves The green cove below...

Pop Wasilewski’s bees were suddenly swarming at winter end. On a sunny day from a secret impulse half the colony was awake, one by one whipping out to cluster on a fence post. T...