POLARIS POEMS

The Fog

It stole in on us like a foot-pad,
Somewhere out of the sea and air,
Heavy with rifling Polaris
And the Seven Stars.
.....

E. J. Pratt

What Every Woman Must Not Say

“I don't pretend I'm clever,” he remarked, “or very wise,”
And at this she murmured, “Really,” with the right polite surprise.
“But women,” he continued, “I must own I understand;
Women are a contradiction-honorable and underhand-
.....

Alice Duer Miller

The Suns And The Void

Upon the stark, blue blankness of the sky,
The assailing armies of the stars have swept,
And all the night is splendid with their spears.
The azure emptiness hath grown a page,
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Clark Ashton Smith

Outlanders

By desert-deepened wells and chasmed ways,
And noon-high passes of the crumbling nome
Where the fell sphinx and martichoras roam;
Over black mountains lit by meteor-blaze,
.....

Clark Ashton Smith

Nocturnal Pines

From my door the pines,
To Polaris pointing,
Spoke the turning Signs.

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Clark Ashton Smith

For My Darling

Darling, it is a delight to have you in my arms once again.
You put me in a romantic mood right away.
Take this compliment as a gift from my heart:
Your gorgeousness is stunning like the twilight that adorns the sky.
.....

Marlon Pitter

A Tumbled Star

I look up to skyward
In the blue of the night
There, silvery spangles I see;
Hovered and distant
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Alan S Jeeves