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POEMS OF YES AND NO

Elizabeth Bartlett

poems

yes and no

elizabeth bartlett

editorial jus m?xico

some of these poems have appeared in poetry chapbook, arizona quarterly, southwest review, prairie schooner, university of kansas city review, new york times and mexican life magazine

yes, paul -- with all my heart

first edition 1952 number 2

contents

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search the wild wind lesson on five fingers journey to jerusalem prayer for four seasons ekstasis challenge while I live odyssey life I love mood on a string time is a palette dusk I love the lovers whatever else may be tropic time stormbird the wind and the rain art diary grassflesh the now and here swallows return reply to critics

step softly I would remember now and forever catchtraps beyond cost summer and winter suddenly item: body found on trial guadalajara pilgrimage washday in the tropics only this maturity alter ego this much I know about time in the wake of sleep cold wakening weather forecast measured interval black sun log for a voyage notes for the future

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search the wild wind

search the wild wind when the foals of spring leap by leave the summer colts behind nose up, head high

stretch the hill's ribs when the stable gates are wide lead the mares from manger cribs stallion with pride

reach the storm's heart when the world is lost to sight buck the sky and cliffs apart clouds black, snow white

pitch a new tent when the greengrass disappears paw beneath the crystal scent sweet leaves, fresh spears

march with the dawn when the nights grow long and cold seek for pastures not yet born rider, be bold

lesson on five fingers

now that I have learned how seasons are returned brook my laughter here to the running years waterfall the fears

now that I realize how much the world denies green my sense leaves bright to chlorophyl of light photocell the nights

now that I have found how each must choose his ground terrace my piece of time to a hill of sweet limes stairway the climb

now that I have seen how cunning walks between mountain my trust high to the pigmy wise landslide the lies

now that I understand how heart unites with hand radar the future free to the dove singing me laurel the peace

journey to jerusalem

sky our thoughts to midnight that hold no noon's repose silence speaks in clearer voice than day's tumultuous crows

unpave the streets to earthscape grass pillow to our heads as virgin stars attend once more moon music forested

mountain our hearts to the lion tender our hands to the dove olive the branch over zion to israelite our love

flower this hope to the springtime summer our dream with its fruit festive the fields in the autumn winter the future's root

prayer for four seasons

rain, rain on me make me green as lettuce leaf at spring's fresh core

sun, shine on me burn me bright as coral reef on island shore

wind, blow on me sweep me clean as grain fields tall for autumn's mill

stars, sing for me lark the night as snowflakes fall on woods and hill

ekstasis

all the hills of the world lie here aeolus ride your winds the skybound clouds leap out like deer daedalus fly your wings

the fields are green with sun and shade pegasus strike your hoof the silence sings, the people fade hesperus light my roof

the ocean's wide and far away tantalus drink your fill no distant lands draw me astray orpheus bring your skill

olympus is within my heart poetry lift me high with pagan joy I sing my art melody till I die

challenge

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