"Hey, rose, just born
Twin to a thorn;
Was't so with you, O Love and Scorn?
"Sweet eyes that smiled,
Now wet and wild;
O Eye and Tear - mother and child.
"Well: Love and Pain
Be kinsfolk twain:
Yet would, Oh would I could love again."

Sun Feb 01 2026
Poem of the day
A Song of Love.
Sidney Lanier