Poems about breath
The Trick
or tell god how cross we are 
i breathed enough to take the trick 
the lips i would have cooled, alas 
i could climb if i tried, i know 
'tis Pain's Successor When The Breath
'tis pain's successor when the soul
'tis miracle behind between 
blew out itself for fear 
just let go the breath 
If Just As Breath Is Like Death, During
when upon a pain titanic
love is like death, during the grave
if just as soon as breath is out
and now the chance had come 
Life Was Not So Ample I
never mind my breathless anvil!
always mine!
and life was not so ample i
proves it there's no sea, or rather
If He Breathed
and shadows tremble so 
as i love thee 
if he dissolve then there is nothing more 
could they know he breathed 
I For Wonder At His Woe
our pace took sudden awe 
and i for wonder at his woe 
yet held my breath, the while 
he hurts a little, though 
Yet Held My Breath, The Last
to gain it, men have borne
and wishfulness in me arose 
and through a riddle, at the last 
yet held my breath, the while 
Condemned But Then I'm Not A Foot Nor
my face to justify 
my lip to testify 
condemned but just to see 
three times we parted breath and i 
like mine for not a foot nor hand 
but then i'm not so staid as he 
if what we could were what we would 
we learn to know the planks 
I Could Not Feel The Earth They For
fame of myself to lack although
who knows but at the sight of that
and the earth they tell me 
for it would stop my breath 
i could not feel the anguish go 
i got so i could take his name 
i never lost as much but twice,
what word had they for me?
When It Could He Flinch The Eye That
lest if he flinch the eye that way
when it is lost, that day shall be
forever might be short, i thought to show 
for it would stop my breath 
as if it held but the might of a child 
if it had no word,
as far as it could see 
could he know they sought him 
he seek conviction, that be this 
salute, and pass, without a hint 
Were All Life To Know Each Other
contented as despair 
and as escapeless quite 
and then 'twas otherwise 
neither could be heard 
three times we parted breath and i 
were all that i could see 
but should the play
what will become of me?
you are sure there's such a person
that we but recollect the one
no one to teach me that new grace 
all life to know each other 
you said it hurt you most 
No Summer Could See What Moved Them
the waves grew sleepy breath did not 
no summer could for them 
but this time adequate erect,
for whom, the time did not suffice
then look for me, be sure you say 
and much can go,
over and over, like a tune 
but it's many a lay of the dim burgundy 
yet was not the foe of any 
how sick to wait in any place but thine 
that as myself could pity him 
when you were willing 
you would not know it from the field 
so you could see what moved them so 
If Just As Breath Is Narrow Loving
for arrogance of them 
too wide for any night but heaven 
as if for lull of sport 
that was in the green 
when earth cannot be had 
till death is narrow loving 
she'd pass for barehead short way off 
if just as soon as breath is out
if love be just beyond 
how long a day i could endure
Three Times We Parted Breath And I Looked
nor to dream he and me 
of meeting them afraid 
thinking perhaps that i looked tired or alone 
three times we parted breath and i 
when skill entreated it the last 
but 'twas the fact that he was dead 
alas, that wisdom is so large 
That The Worst, Is Easy In A Creature
defeat means nothing but defeat,
because she breathed against
could behold so far a creature 
itself can rest upon 
tell that the worst, is easy in a moment 
to see that none is due?
that does not blur my gem!
If Just As Breath Is So Far Of
nor noticed that the ebbing day
we learned to like the fire
deity will see to it
heaven is so far of the mind
if just as soon as breath is out
the bee is not afraid of me,
what portion of me be
The Last Night That She Breathed Against
because she breathed against
the last night that she lived
it was the limit of my dream 
he found my being set it up 
had it remained to speak 
so short way off it seems 
and then the wharf is still!
because he's sunrise and i see 
so go your way and i'll go mine 
i shall not feel at home i know 
i must guess 
because i cannot see
knows how to forget!
so you could see what moved them so 
the dying need but little, dear, 
You Beg Him Not To Die Tomorrow
nay hold it it is calm 
they struggle some for breath 
the man to die tomorrow 
henceforth her only one!
and how if he be dead 
be of me afraid,
i touched with caution lest they crack 
you beg him not to go 
too plummetless that it return 
than that 
possibly but we would rather
and that i am coming too 
i felt it publish in my eye 
a little note when you awake 
no one could play it the second time 
May Pause, And Disappear
i'm not ashamed of that
my best was gone to sleep 
so sick to guess 
perhaps i couldn't 
not to cry tim and i 
i saw no way the heavens were stitched 
may be easier reached this way 
and as escapeless quite 
come, and disappear 
the maimed may pause, and breathe,
so long i fainted, to myself
i had rather dwell like her
i just wear my wings 
The Honorable Work
just let go the breath 
just that you should see
the power to be true to you,
to take the honorable work
the saved will tell
i never thought to see 
i only have it not tonight
the only one i meet
yet precious as the house
to this world she returned,
if i may have it, when it's dead,
I Breathed Enough To Know The Planks
proclaim with their remaining might 
their height in heaven comforts not 
the grass so little has to do 
we learn to know the planks 
i breathed enough to take the trick 
because i know it's true 
so sure i'd come so sure i'd come 
How Could I Forget
toward the god of him 
teach him when he makes the names 
how mean to those that see 
this if i forget
an awe if it should be like that
there yet remains a love
not in this world to see his face
but we might learn to like the heaven,
how could i of him?
if just as soon as breath is out
they called me to the window, for
and then a plank in reason, broke,
she cannot keep her place,
it had created her,
I Shall Not Feel At Home I Take
without that forcing, in my breath 
late when i take my place in summer 
i shall not feel at home i know 
i cannot climb thee 
until he let you in!
knows how to forget!
i mention it to you,
i could suffice for him, i knew 
i should not fear the foe then 
myself can own the key 
and helps us to forget 
some touch it, and some kiss it 
with those same boots of lead, again,
to gain it, men have borne
That We But Recollect The Page I Didn't
though thine attention stop not on me
tell him the page i didn't write 
that we but recollect the one
if just as soon as breath is out
as far as death this way 
and if the further heaven 
For It Hinder So Late "consider" Me
what could it hinder so to say?
that you so late "consider" me 
"i'm midnight" need the midnight say 
you and i the secret
i should have had the joy
since i could never find her
so seemed to choose my door 
and mine the door
for it would stop my breath 
were all that i could see 
It Seemed The Lonely Road,
and dwell a little everywhere
a stranger pressed a kingdom,
upon the lonely road,
light laughs the breeze in her castle of sunshine;
a wind with fingers goes,
since heaven and he are one,
oh the earth was made for lovers, for damsel, and hopeless swain,
what more the woman can,
death is but one and comes but once
it seemed the common way,
why, look out for the little brook in march,
all things do go a courting, in earth, or sea, or air,
myself and it, in majesty
and all day long, with dance and game,
without that forcing, in my breath 
I Cannot Say
and let him hear it drip
nor can you tell me 
and we know not 
let's play those never come!
that i cannot say 
till we are less afraid 
just let go the breath 
to make me fairest of the earth 
i hope the father in the skies
so he let me lead him in 
what death knows so well 
But He Must Count The Experiment Of Our
faith the experiment of our lord
for the soul's comprising 
to leave me in the atom's tomb 
to lose it in the sea 
to lose one's faith surpass
but he must count the drops himself 
yet held my breath, the while 
the quiet ages picked it up 
'tis True That Deity To Do
'tis true that deity to stoop
entirely for thee 
'tis one by one the father counts 
a night there lay the days between 
before the world be green 
and when his golden walk is done 
if just as soon as breath is out
the grass so little has to do 
and he will tell you skill is late 
But Were It Told To Me And I
shadows hold their breath;
i dared not enter, lest a face
i reason, we could die 
i went to thank her 
all else accused me and i smiled 
so if i get lost there ever 
but were it told to me today 
Than The Time
the distance would not haunt me so 
the crier's voice would tell me 
show me the bells 
a giant eye to eye with you, had been 
so, i could buy it 
sometimes, i think that noon
if i may have it, when it's dead,
because it's sunday all the time 
if one wake at midnight better 
the waves grew sleepy breath did not 
earth would have been too much i see 
more fair, because impossible
than the rest have gone,
that never had a name 
is it dead find it 
Because The Bee Delirious Borne
as do the bee delirious borne 
he longer must than i 
they struggle some for breath 
suffice us for a crowd 
an ample letter how you miss 
because the winds would find it out 
this put away
you'll know her by her vest 
The Angel
shadows hold their breath;
behind the eyes of god,
to hold my life, and hold my ears
and leave me standing there,
the way ourself, must come 
and if i do when morning comes 
i meant to find her when i came 
i did not dare to eat or sleep 
i'll hand it to the angel 
i got so i could take his name 
if i believed god looked around,
you will not wake them up,"
Me As Much But This Time, Consciously,
would not so ravished turn 
i never lost as much but twice,
and could not breathe without a key,
lie between them now,
but this time, consciously, of grace 
uncertain if myself, or he,
so, i could buy it 
i'll hand it to the angel 
it troubled me as once i was 
i had no cause to be awake 
how pleased they were, at what you said 
you for you, and i, for you and me
and leave me standing there,
Yet Held My Breath, The Same
lest firmament should fail for me 
they'll carry him!
and this one do not feel the same 
then "great" it be if that please thee 
but tell him that it ceased to feel 
best grief is tongueless before he'll tell 
if one wake at midnight better 
yet held my breath, the while 
and fear is like the one
it's thoughts and just two heart 
it suggests to our faith 
we grow accustomed to the dark 
that arise and set about us 
but tell him that it ceased to feel 
When Cerements Let Go The Breath
just let go the breath 
when cerements let go
what would i give to see his face?
i would not mind the journey there
that you be not ashamed
cannot perish, though it fail
if he fear to swerve 
how mean to those that see 
and wonder we could care
i could not tell the date of mine,
that i could fear a door,
perhaps you'd like to buy a flower,
touch liberty then know no more,
and why it was so still 
i got so i could stir the box 
They Struggle Some Perfect Year
they struggle some for breath 
the lingering and the stain i mean 
that but for love of us 
better than new could be for that 
and then be audibler
better than new could be for that 
for mine to look at when i liked 
when you were willing 
failed like themselves and conscious that it rose 
that life like this is stopless 
then look for me, be sure you say 
how just this time, some perfect year 
would be acuter, would it not
they cannot put away 
neither place need i present him 
So Greater Than The Amulet
without that forcing, in my breath 
the soul stares after it, secure 
that did it tear all day,
but how he set, i know not,
was large enough for me,
so greater than the gods can show,
the date, and manner, of the shame 
and leave the soul alone,
we are the flower thou the sun!
forget! the lady with the amulet
the loved?
Just This Time, Some Perfect Year
'tis true that deity to stoop
and fear is like the one
for such, the angels go 
if when the sun reveal,
a giant eye to eye with you, had been 
who put a head away
away from me 
yet held my breath, the while 
how just this time, some perfect year 
she looks down just as often
it don't sound so terrible quite as it did 
the face i carry with me last 
when i could take it in my hand 
just as he spoke it from his hands
if he put away
Gave Even As Soon As Breath Is Out
that when their mortal name be numb 
that sense was breaking through 
if just as soon as breath is out
gave even as to all 
and he will tell you skill is late 
because he knows and
Sleep Is So Large
could it be madness this?
sleep is supposed to be
too little way the house must lie
just let go the breath 
that right was thine 
alas, that wisdom is so large 
was such still dwelling there?
as if the sea should part
the second time is set,
How It Would Split His Heart, To Know
without that forcing, in my breath 
when light is put away 
for it would split his heart, to know it 
how it is night in nest and kennel 
the grace that i was chose 
as i of he, so god of me
and when i looked again 
that as myself could pity him 
they never yet did satisfy 
i would not if i could,
I Smile Upon The Lover
lest anybody spy the blood
i smile upon the aims
just let go the breath 
morning means just risk to the lover 
That's Out Of What It Was We
why heaven did not break away 
would it stop whining if to thee 
so you could see what moved them so 
though you're very far 
needs but to remember
of what they do outside 
that's easier than the other film
and then it's out of sight 
it dropped so low in my regard 
for these were only put to death 
as pride were all it could 
and what it was we never lisped 
i breathed enough to take the trick 
should be the art to save 
i'll hand it to the angel 
Never I Mind The Former, Blew Away,
betrays the solitude,
a light, for her, did solemn glow,
the former, blew away,
and when thanksgiving, came,
and never i mind the sea;
yet held my breath, the while 
they spurn the air, as t'were too mean
The Singer Recalling
of things of moment to which, they wist,
'a word with you, that of the singer recalling 
this is the word of your queen,"
the fen had every kind of bloom,
than the merest aimless breath of air,
making the gravel leap and leap in air,
through the picture, a something white, uncertain,
The Shade Of Woods Only And Me,
to see if the birds lived the first night through,
around him to look after that make waste,
the universe seems cramped to you and me,
the heart is still aching to seek,
to tell them "supper,"at the word, the saw,
they take advantage of him shamefully,
and that was what the boughs were full of soon,
with the breath of many flowers,  
not of woods only and the shade of trees,
For The Birds, Without The Middle Of Many
with the curves of his axe-helves and his having
and held against the world of hoary grass,
something inspires the only cow of late
for the grapes' sake along the all,
then sit down in the middle of them all,
with the breath of many flowers,  
and you're two months back in the middle of march,
a star in two or three, the way you split
'a word with you, that of the singer recalling 
without the birds, without the breeze,
Among Bare Maple Boughs, And One Thing More
among bare maple boughs, and in the rare
first soldier, and then poet, and then both,
and eased his heavy breathing, but still slept,
expressed them, and its curves were no false curves
further o�erhead than all but stars and angels,� 
for still others they found,
and one thing more that was not then to say,
they cannot mean to plant it, no  
i brought not here to read, it seems, but hold
or so the story goes, it was some girl,
He Shifted,
needlessly soon he had his axe-helves out,
once in the stove, disturbed him and he shifted,
he lay and puffed his lips out with his breath,
she, in her place, refused him any help,
in all the country he did command
Such White Luxuriance Of The Measure Of Earth,
with the glittering things,
to go with the drift of things,
the measure of the little while
on any sheet the least display of mind,
and signifies the sureness of the soul,
with the breath of many flowers,  
the spoils of the dead,
and you're two months back in the middle of march,
a moment sought in air his flower of rest,
the curve of earth, and striking, break their own;
that and the merest curl of cigarette smoke� 
such white luxuriance of may for ours,
The Northern Lights That Run Like Tingling
dew on the knuckle,
and the northern lights that run like tingling nerves,
and the pile somewhat sunken, clematis
and the strange birds say,
and eased his heavy breathing, but still slept,
this was my dream and looked and pondered long,
and into my face,
warren leaned out and took a step or two,
Her In The Sound Was Behind Me
the sound was behind me instead of before,
men of the woods and lumberjacks,
with the breath of many flowers,  
and her in the angle of house and barn
to meet him in the doorway with the news
to do with what was in the darkened parlour?
That Ought To Carry Again To Their Separation,
with smell of burning on every plume,
than the merest aimless breath of air,
wide fields of asphodel fore'er,
as the breeze rises, and turn many-colored
like pearls, and now a silver blade,
for a friendly visit,
and a white shimmering concourse rolls
man acts more like the poor bear in a cage,
were not the one dead, turned to their affairs,
that ought to be worth something, and may yet,
that now it means to stay,
and nothing to look forward to with hope,
to carry again to you,
but yield who will to their separation,
let�s not care what we do with it to-night, 
What Will Next Prove A Wall,
where bird and flower were one and the same,
with the breath of many flowers,  
a heartfelt prayer for the poor of god,
he spent himself, the labour of his axe,
holding the curve of one position,
where the grist of the new-beginning brooks
the barren boughs without the leaves,
and a cellar in which the daylight falls,
a prayer in spring
what will next prove a rose,
something there is that doesn't love a wall,
there's nothing but a voice-like left inside
Nothing To Leave It To, Whether The
and cut a flower beside a ground bird's nest
my breathing shakes the bluet like a breeze,
when leaning with my head again a flower
and my head sways to my shoulder
dimly to have made out my secret place,
to leave it to, whether the right to hold
to take him in, and might be willing to 
next to nothing for weight,
slave to a springtime passion for the earth,
to satisfy a lifelong curiosity
like a beast's stall, to ease their consciences,
and nothing to look backward to with pride,
ever to grind to soil for grass,
with shouts afar to pull the cable taught,