Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LUCKY-STONE, by MAY FOLWELL HOISINGTON


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LUCKY-STONE, by                    
First Line: Lucky woman, she has missed
Last Line: For all the ills she never knew?
Subject(s): Hearts; Longing; Love


Lucky woman, she has missed
The love that tortured while it kissed.

Love that knew the lust of blood;
That chewed on hatred's bitter cud.

Love to her was meat and bread,
Four walls, a roof, the marriage-bed.

Warmth of hearth and candle-light . . .
Why does she stare awake at night?

Are not babies opium
For hearts like hers, forever dumb?

Why should yearning pierce her through
For all the ills she never knew?





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