I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been.

I think I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice is also great and would suffice.

I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate wilfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: I don't know where it's likely to go better.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

Far in the pillared dark Thrush music went- Almost like a call to come in To the dark and lament. But no, I was out for stars: I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

The hurt is not enough: I long for weight and strength. To feel the earth as rough to all my length