Among The Rice Fields

She was fair as a Passion-flower,

(But little of love he knew.)

Her lucent eyes were like amber wine,

And her eyelids stained with blue.

He called them the Gates of Fair Desire,

And the Lakes where Beauty lay,

But I looked into them once, and saw

The eyes of Beasts of Prey.

He praised her teeth, that were small and white

As lilies upon his lawn,

While I remembered a tiger’s fangs

That met in a speckled fawn.

She had her way; a lover the more,

And I had a friend the less.

For long there was nothing to do but wait

And suffer his happiness.

But now I shall choose the sharpest Kriss

And nestle it in her breast,

For dead, he is drifting down to sea,

And his own hand wrought his rest.

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Poems in English 

• Book Leaf by Shaunna Harper by Poetry In English
• Blue Period by Shaunna Harper by Poetry In English
• Amoraphobia by Shaunna Harper by Poetry In English
• A Eulogy by Shaunna Harper by Poetry In English
• Welcome To My World © by Shannen Wrass by Poetry In English
• Time Out To Cry by Shannen Wrass by Poetry In English
• The Wrath of Love by Shawn Ervin by Poetry In English
• The Voice of Woman by Shahida Latif by Poetry In English
• The Victory by Shahida Latif by Poetry In English
• The Spring passing away by Shailendra Chauhan by Poetry In English
• The Ineffectual Dives by Shahida Latif by Poetry In English
• The Earth Trembles by Shahida Latif by Poetry In English
• The Demon by Shawn Ervin by Poetry In English
• The Callous Statues by Shahida Latif by Poetry In English
• Sheppard’s Quest by Shawn Ervin by Poetry In English
• Selfish World, Selfish People by Shahbaz Khan by Poetry In English
• Repentance by Shailendra Chauhan by Poetry In English
• “Wishing to float” by Seema Gupta by Poetry In English
• Serendipity by Seema Gupta by Poetry In English
• Tiny Warrior by Sharmagne Leland-St. John by Poetry In English

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