Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Love That Endures


Love That Endures


All men seek true love
They say,
And once they've had
A little play,
They don't stay.


However you are here
For long,
A little mad,
And if I'm wrong,
I'll end my song.


 
Keats


Everybody's trying to decide
What is good in Keats. And nothing bad.
His thoughts? They are a school boy's second reader.
His words? Could these be really what he had?


If it was, and really can one say?
In poesy, it's magic men are seeking.
And Keats had that – mad sanity somehow -
As though his soul was doing all the speaking.


I've been crazy all my life like Keats -
Crazy is the word – and Keats can tell -
As I can not. And do I have the stealth
To purloin a little heaven out of hell?

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