Poems from See the Old Lady Decently
(Hutchinson of London, 1975)

POEM ONE (pp. 51-52)

she is the one who
understands

the bony secrets
of the hearth

the green cereal's
golden heart

the aspiratons
of the leaves

the soughing waters
in the depths

the three afternights
of marriage

the birth of the new light
from the dark

the old mysteries
of cycle

she is the one who
understands

POEM TWO (p. 59)

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POEM THREE (pp. 84-85)

she
of clay
the potter

she
of earth
the bearer

she
of all
the great round

POEM FOUR (pp. 100-101)

A grip of the hand, a kiss on the cheek
So we parted, my Husband and I,
A good man, a brave one, but we did not
know
'Twould be our last earthly goodbye.
'Somewhere in France' dear Husband, they
have laid you
'Somewhere in France', Oh words full of
gloom
If but for a moment, Oh could I have seen
you,
Love of my life 'ere God called you home.

Thou has but taken that which Thou
gavest
And o'er his short life we'll lovingly glance
Bitter the parting, but sweet the re-union
Though the grave of my darling is
'Somewhere in France'.

POEM FIVE (p. 128)

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