Clayfeld Renews His Vow Issue no. 99 Spring 1986 Weeding the garden, Clayfeld sprained his finger pulling out a stubborn root,and had to have his wedding ring cut off
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree Issue no. 31 Winter-Spring 1964 Created for whose sake? The prayingMantis eats its mate. Hatched,Two hundred or more eggs scramble
Birthday Issue no. 29 Winter-Spring 1963 Lighthouse. Sand shadows. Burn of brandy.A candlestick, black, She sent with no note for his birthday.
The Appointment Issue no. 19 Summer 1958 What can she tell him now, now that the hourIs vanished from the room, the furniture Flat without freshness, flat without power
An Idyl in Idleness Issue no. 13 Summer 1956 “So many unlived lives,” she said; and idle As gulls in their sleepy drift, a hot and somber Autumn day in umber, we talked of things
The Parting Fire Issue no. 9 Summer 1955 Much time is gone, I speak of parting fire Like realms of sunset in the mist of trees. Because you know affection not desire