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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONFESSION, by MAY MCKEE First Line: I have known love Last Line: Ah—do not ask me how I know! .... Subject(s): Love | |||
I have known love. ... Should you but ask me how I know— Why I have heard the slow Song of the wind above The pines' cool consonance of woe And caught the subtle flow Of sun upon a mountain warm with snow. Once, when the edge of dawn hinged lightly on the sea— When sea's soft, searching mouth was warmed by her pink lips— I wandered where a dim perfume discreetly drips Through wordless palms and white-skinned sands stretch endlessly. And once again, at dusk, I saw the one-eyed moon Sneak from the hills and steal into the woods to stare At dusk-toned shadows of the willows' careless hair Sunk in the cautious corners of a bold lagoon. I have known love. ... Were you to ask me how I know— Why, I have heard the low Words of the mourning dove Break in an aching dawn and go Into the sullen glow Of smoke-smeared sun—and even love is so. I have known love— Ah—do not ask me how I know! .... | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT |
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