Quiz. Flashcards
1
Q
Farmer’s bride.
A
I've hardly heard her speak at all. Chat and play with birds and rabbits. Out 'mong the sheep Flying like a hare. Blue smoke rises to the low grey sky
2
Q
Love’s philosophy.
A
Fountains mingle with the river Mountains kiss high heaven. Moonbeams kiss the sea. What are all these kissings worth if though not kiss me? All things by a law divine.
3
Q
Winter swans.
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Icebergs of white feather Gulping for breath at our feet. They mate for life. Pair of wings settling after flight Swum the distance between us Tipping in unison
4
Q
Neutral tones.
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We stood by a pond that winter Fallen from an ash and were grey Lost the more by our love Like an ominous bird a-wing. The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing. Keen lessons that love deceives A pond edged with greyish leaves
5
Q
Before you were mine
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My loud possessive yell
Your ghost clatters towards me
That glamorous love lasts
A hiding for the late one
6
Q
Walking away
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Half fledged thing set free Hesitant figure eddying away How selfhood begins with a walking away Love is proved in the letting go Wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away
7
Q
Follower
A
I was a nuisance, tripping, falling Broad shadow round the farm I stumbled in his hob nailed wake He rode me on his back Today it is my father who keeps stumbling
