Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LOVE SONG (TO SASHA, THE HEAVENLU PRINCE), by ELSE LASKER-SCHULER Poet's Biography First Line: Upon your cheeks lie / golden pigeons Last Line: Everyone is breathless. Subject(s): Bible | ||||||||
Upon your cheeks lie Golden pigeons. But your heart is a whirlwind, Your blood sweeps, like my blood Sweetly Past the raspberry bushes. Oh, I think of you Ask of the night. None can play with your hands So deliciously, Building castles, as I do Of the ring-finger; Strongholds with high towers! Then we become pirates. Always when you are with me I am rich. You take me to you so closely That I see your heart pulse like a star. Your bowels Are jewelled lizards. You are all of gold Everyone is breathless. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O TO BE A DRAGON by MARIANNE MOORE BIBLICAL MEDITATIONS by YEHUDA AMICHAI KING DAVID DANCES by JOHN BERRYMAN THE DREAM SONGS: 234. THE CARPENTER'S SON by JOHN BERRYMAN THE DREAM SONGS: 47. APRIL FOOL'S DAY, OR, ST MARY OF EGYPT by JOHN BERRYMAN END OF THE WORLD by ELSE LASKER-SCHULER |
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