With all those I love Shining In radiant light On the other side of the world, I lie down in this Darkness. I straighten my legs. I close my eyes. I try to dream of my own waking. I hold myself in my own arms like a dead friend. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MODERN LOVE: 43 by GEORGE MEREDITH MAN FRAIL AND GOD ETERNAL by ISAAC WATTS MASSACHUSETTS TO VIRGINIA by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE LITTLE REBEL by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE GRAVE OF COLUMBUS by JOANNA BAILLIE REMINISCENCE by LYLE BARTSCHER |