Poems by Greene Richard
At the College
... eak to,and few can absent their hearts from every class,however many dronings they may sleep through ...
Extinction
... odfish,Who knows nothing but its way,Perishes in nets and mesh,Sunken mazes of unintelligible desire ...
On Sherbourne Street
... refurbishesMary and Bernadette in their grottofor worshippers who pass at morningand touch the stone ...
Over the Border
... ain, my bags are stowed,and I settle my limbs in the last seatamong the bodies headed north and east ...
Pachelbel’s Canon
... barely fathomwhat sorrow is in the perfect thing they makeor what trust in the silence that follows ...
Palliative Care
... her drownedconsciousness that breath is nothing now,takes the last little swallows of air, and goes ...
Philosophers
... ook upward for proofsOf the old struggle,And, seeing less than nothing,They grieve for the lost Zero ...
Utopia
... reage of breath,Landscape of spruce, fir, clover, and rock,A lifetime expiring somewhere worlds away ...
Whaler
... shore,then fell from a roof and lingered days to tell his last stories,empty his mouth of good oaths ...
The Years
... deathWatching light vanish from the meadow,Is silent, and turns again to the boyWho fears such grief ...
