My dearest wife, it has been such a long winter,Hard and bitter, draining the heart and soul of hope.It has been doubly hard for you, so much sadness,Almost too much to bear, with the illness of friends,And frozen pipes, and...
growing apart
Sonnets for the New Year
"Sonnets written on New Year's Day about the disintergration of love"
Tenderly, I think of you, lovelierthan I have ever known. Your eyes sing,your voice dances, your hair, fluffierand wilder than when gypsies laugh and flingtheir hearts like tambourines and a fiddleplays. You dazzle me, but like a rainbowI can’t reach,...