Poem: “But now the starry conferences adjourning”

Deep-furrowed like a brow in mourning The dark has held me fast and tight While majestic beings ponder And deliberate my mortal plight. But now starry conferences adjourning Dispersing with the ebb of night At once the firmament is cleft asunder By the angel of the morning light. And on new born pinions of the…

Poem: “Arise my love, and come away,” or “to the New Year”

Arise my love, and come away The year is spread before us, The songbirds sing to greet the day Arise and join the chorus! Arise my love, and come away For time is on our side, Arrayed as for a wedding day And life shall be our bride! Arise my love, and take my hand…