Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

OFFERING by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: I SEEK NO TOKEN OF YOU DEAR
Last Line: LOVE'S FLOWER ON YOUR BREAST.
Subject(s): LOVE;
I seek no token of you dear
I only ask to give
The purple flower of my heart
And you will let it live.

I ask no fealty or plight,
I only pray that you
May find earth's barren places bright
Perhaps, because it grew.

And when for you the final sun
Moves toward the darkening West,
I shall be lingering to place
Love's flower on your breast.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net