Thursday, August 7, 2025

Damsels in hand


 Damsels in hand

John ClareStokes


I don't think the damsels

Have a clue 

The times I hold in hand

And compose lines for them


And if they did

And that brittle heart beat

In unison to mine

What good?


The language of damsels

Is one unwritten

Only the wind sings it

And damsels reply only then

And not to some 

Age worn Triton.

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