I do not ask for love, -- ah! no, Nor friendship's happiness, These were relinquished long ago I search for something less. I seek a little, tranquil bark In which to drift at ease Awhile, and then quite silently To sink in quiet seas. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IMAGINARY ANCESTORS: THE GIRAFFE WOMAN OF BURMA by MADELINE DEFREES THE FLAME LIGHTS UP by DAVID IGNATOW A BIT OF SKY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BUT NOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BLACK RUNNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ADMETUS; TO MY FRIEND RALPH WALDO EMERSON by EMMA LAZARUS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: IMANUEL EHRENHARDT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |