Poems about lack
Debates If It's Done,
i make his crescent fill or lack 
not yet, our eyes can see 
best when it's done, 
debates if it will go, 
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?
I Fear That Never Wrote To Me
and tell him charge thee speak it plain 
how sweet i shall not lack in vain 
they may not finally say, yes 
i'm glad they did believe it
that never wrote to me 
i have another trust" 
i learned at least what home could be 
i need no further argue 
for thinking while i die 
i fear that he is grand 
The Distant Say That Bright Majority
but there is no gratitude
our little garden that we lost
some say that bright majority
a furtive look you know as well 
or what the distant say 
fame of myself to lack although
better than new could be for that 
to favorites a few 
and see the people going by 
one and one are one 
you hear a being drop 
the walls begun to tell 
each other's setting saw 
there is one farther than you 
the only one forestalling mine 
The Dead
agony, that enacted there,
both went to see,
it will not stir for doctors,
the day must follow too,
one art to recognize, must be,
and sigh for lack of heaven but not
what come of him that day 
that sat it down to rest 
give gently to the dead 
but just to look it in the eye 
that but for love of us 
too beautiful for shape to prove 
That At The Earth They Tell Me Today
that you never do it 
how many times it ache for me today confess 
and the earth they tell me 
to know just how he suffered would be dear 
that at the last, it should not be a novel agony 
it could not hold a sigh 
how sweet i shall not lack in vain 
We Can But Follow To The Robbing Could
the robbing could not harm 
this bashful globe of ours would be 
we can but follow to the sun 
how sweet i shall not lack in vain 
i'm not ashamed of that
i thought it would be opposite 
I Knew Not
and sigh for lack of heaven but not
the adequate of hell 
what care the dead for summer?
a tongue to tell him i am true!
when they take the knife!
i knew not but the next
i know not which thy chamber is 
there may yet be land!
better than new could be for that 
be sure you're sure you know 
be reckoned up?
Of Man
how weakness passed or force arose 
the maker of ourselves be what 
of meeting them afraid 
fame of myself to lack although
there's somewhat prouder, over there 
a little road not made of man 
Although I Put Away His Life Closed Twice
although i put away his life 
my life closed twice before its close 
delayed till she had ceased to know 
to look at her how slowly
so when 'twas time to see 
how sweet i shall not lack in vain 
New
when once it has begun  
a bird  by chance  that goes that way  
so say  if queen it be  
of which i have never heard?
nor will he  like the dumb  
it's all i have to bring today  
no one he seemed to know  
fame of myself to lack  although
as if they just repressed
when he was mean and new
and then  the list is done  
when choice of life  is past  
they given us presents most  you know  
Tell The Common Way,
and sigh for lack of heaven  but not
be of me  afraid,
it seemed the common way,
see where it hurt me  that's enough  
i could not tell the date of mine,
i think the days  could every one
tell him  just how she sealed you  cautious!
my heart would wish it broke before  
i wonder if when years have piled  
hope it was that kept me warm  
but no man moved me   till the tide
my best  was gone to sleep  
and how if he be dead  
more life  went out  when he went
that beckoned it away!
Does Not Fix The Suns
and sigh for lack of heaven  but not
  where none of us should be,
nor definitely what it was,
it only moved as do the suns  
i thought it would be opposite  
does not know they are  
as small  they say  as i  
i could not prove the years had feet  
i could not fix the year,
The House
out through the fields and the woods
across the fields behind the house
half closes the garden path,
and showed him, through a manhole in the floor,
was the poorhouse, and those who could afford,
of who began it between the two races,
had it been the will of the wind, was left
the black was all there was by day-light, 
but neither one was the thief
that jangled even above the general noise,
The Hole,
they are that that talks of going
now the chimney was all of the house that stood,
the only other sound's the sweep
the road would fail; and on that side the fire 
and roll back down the mound beside the hole,
up the brass barrel, velvet black inside,
on up the failing path, where, if a stone
somehow the change wore out like a prescription,
My Own Eyes,
if we who sight along it round the world,
though we choose greatly, still to lack
with all i have to hold with hand and mind
but i went near to see with my own eyes,
my dears, my dears, you thought that�we all thought it, 
and, if you asked me, even help pretend
she let him look, sure that he wouldn't see,
wait till you see,"
are you dumb because you know me not,
which may be thought, but only so to speak,
The Upper Boulders In The Sureness Of Rest,
and spills the upper boulders in the sun;
a moment sought in air his flower of rest,
to white rest, and a place of rest
all simply in the springing of the year,
and signifies the sureness of the soul,
something, perhaps, about the lack of sound 
and the fragile bluets clustered there
the darkest evening of the year,
The Mowing Field;
the wind the wind had meant to be -
the place it reached to blackened instantly, 
toward the throne to witness there
the planets seem to interfere in their curves -
the woods come back to the mowing field;
to read the gravestones on the hill;
lay him in state on a sepal,
But The Black Death On The Handle's
that's standing by the mother, it's so young,
across the handle's long, drawn serpentine,
now close the windows and hush all the fields,
but the black spread like black death on the ground, 
they turn their back on the land,
he looks on the bright side of everything,
he courts the autumnal mood,
with whom he crosses antennae,
but finding nothing, sullenly withdrew,
but finding nothing, sullenly withdrew,
But The Languor Of It And You're Two
the pile is ours, we dragged it bough on bough 
of my regret hung not on all the land,
but the black spread like black death on the ground, 
the languor of it and the dreaming fond;
within, the bride in the dusk alone
and children in the ships and in the towns? 
and you're two months back in the middle of march,
the telescope at one end of his beat,
far off the homes of men, and farther still,
To Stop It's Too Long A Period
will the special janizary
and knock to the echoes as beggars for roses,
and started down the gully,
even against the way its waters went,
far off the homes of men, and farther still,
the place it reached to blackened instantly, 
and try to stack them in a better load,
a flower to try its currents where they crossed,
to make it root again and grow afresh,
to ease away   they have it, with a laugh,
it's too long a story to go into now,
to stop it with a period of ink
such heaps of broken glass to sweep away
Melting Further In All The Birds There
night comes; the black bats tumble and dart;
and signifies the sureness of the soul,
out of the woods, worn out upon the trail,"
that the birds there in all the garden round
a number in, but what about the brook
in any rough place where it caught,
and melting further in the wind to mud,
and cold to an orchard so young in the bark
but that he knows in singing not to sing,
friends make pretense of following to the grave,
with the flowers to play,
and once she went to break a bough
that was what marrying father meant to her,
back to the place from which she came 
To The Gully,
to watch his woods fill up with snow,
kicking his way down through the air to the ground,
to every thing on earth the compass round,
to ensure their not being wasted on me,
to seek the happy isles together,
and would have turned to toss the grass to dry;
someone to salt the half-wild steer,
to lean against and hear in the dark,
and started down the gully,
the graveyard draws the living still,
but the black spread like black death on the ground, 
dragging the whole sky with it to the hills,
slave to a springtime passion for the earth,
to seek the happy isles together,
the bridegroom thought it little to give
Now The World Burned Black
as where some flower lay withering on the ground,
and that was what the boughs were full of soon,
now the chimney was all of the house that stood,
was gum, the gum of the mountain spruce,
when, just as the soil tarnishes with weed,
leaves and bar, leaves and bark,
far off the homes of men, and farther still,
and that was what the boughs were full of soon,
the spoils of the dead,
visions of half the world burned black
and her in the angle of house and barn
On Black Ground A Bear-skin Rug Of
and bruit our singing down,
was setting out, up track and down, not plants
and medicine and rest, and you a week,
like pearls, and now a silver blade,
in every print of a hoof a pond,
and on black ground a bear-skin rug of snow,
and a shout greets the daring one,
a sunny morning, or take the rising wind
The Advantages It Has, So Long And So
to drum on the floor with scurrying hoofs
but the black spread like black death on the ground, 
through the picture, a something white, uncertain,
the advantages it has, so long and narrow,
not yet the little dotted in me seek,
they cannot look in deep,
for the shocks and changes we need to keep us sane,
and so we went with pail and can
where someone used to climb and crawl
here come real stars to fill the upper skies,
To Her, But Not To Her, But Not
i found it with the withered leaves
i must get out of here, i must get air, 
i have been one acquainted with the night,
to find himself in one, well, all we said was
though we choose greatly, still to lack
and bring it to market when you please
to get so we had no one left to live with,
they had given him back to her, but not to keep,
and wait to watch the water clear, i may,
A Bear-skin Rug Of Rest,
and on black ground a bear-skin rug of snow,
a moment sought in air his flower of rest,
and the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
where bird and flower were one and the same,
the graveyard draws the living still,
now close the windows and hush all the fields,
to have inside the house with doors unlocked,
and thought of doing something to the shore
to lean against and hear in the dark,
across the sill from the outer gloom,
within, the bride in the dusk alone
a number in, but what about the brook
As The Night Long,
there would be more than ocean-water broken
but more than one as yet, your parasol
all turn and look one way,
where bird and flower were one and the same,
now close the windows and hush all the fields,
and hear his long scythe whispering to the ground,
as the road winds would bring him to his door,
until the strength was shouted out of him,
but not long since in the lumber camps,
nor vainly listen all the night long,
they bring the telephone and telegraph,
the place it reached to blackened instantly, 
and the sweet pang it cost me not to call
that now it means to stay,
Showed Him, Through A Finger Length
and in the hush we joined to make
and then come back to it and begin over,
to think of the right thing to say too late,
and so at last to learn to use their wings,
though we choose greatly, still to lack
and to do that to birds was why she came,
to think of the right thing to say too late,
and making the best of their way back to life
to the dark and lament,
and showed him, through a manhole in the floor,
and impulse, having dipped a finger length
wrap him for shroud in a petal,
Scared The River;
its two banks have not shut upon the river;
and show on the water its crystal teeth,
and on black ground a bear-skin rug of snow,
like a limp rose-wreath in a fairy dance,
and in conjunction giving quite a spread,
and a hush falls for all acclaim,
yet not enough, a bullet through and through,
the roadside flowers, too wet for the bee,
autumn, yes, winter was in the wind;
in clomping off;   and scared the outer night,
at broken windows flew out and in,
in summertime with a witching wand,
and a gem-flower waved in a wand!
Be One Traveler, Long I Think They
and have our fire and laugh and be afraid,�
and such is love and glad to be
and be one traveler, long i stood
i think they would believe the lie,
couldn�t believe that so much black had come there 
things over and over that just won't stay done,
Across The Other Go On Black Ground A
like a white piece of rigid satin cloth  
and on black ground a bear-skin rug of snow,
'twas a nest full of young birds on the ground
the disappearing last of him
across the sill from the outer gloom,
and tripped the body, shot the spirit on
and let the other go on a way,
on his particular time and personal sight,
some good perhaps to someone in the world,
he resolves to become intelligible, at least to himself, since there
they tried to keep him clothed, but he paraded
thus till he had them almost feeling dared
in time, had she not realized her danger
with what was another man's work for gain,
No More To Touch,
there were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch,
no more to build on there, and they, since they
and when i come to the garden ground,
to ensure their not being wasted on me,
for the shocks and changes we need to keep us sane,
we don't cut off from coming to church suppers,
couldn�t believe that so much black had come there 
Couldn�t Believe That I Saw Does Still Abide,
and tell you that i saw does still abide,
couldn�t believe that so much black had come there 
be glad of water, but don't forget
and again scornful, but there is no one hurt,
no more it opened with all one end
it hadn't found the place to blow;
and then come back to it and begin over,
On Noiseless Wing A Case Of Snow,
on noiseless wing a 'wildered butterfly,
and set them on the porch, then drew him down
on the last swallow's sweep; and on the rasp
and on black ground a bear-skin rug of snow,
and wished her heart in a case of gold
a leaping tongue of bloom the scythe had spared
`what Do You Want With One Of Those
`what do you want with one of those blame things?'
and talk about your everyday concerns,
a house that lacks, seemingly, mistress and master,
and medicine and rest, and you a week,
and melting further in the wind to mud,
With Doctoring, But It Sounded,
and be one traveler, long i stood
and so the choice must be again,
with doctoring, but it's not medicine 
something to sell? that wasn't how it sounded,
upon my way to sleep before it fell,
he kept from school, or did his best to keep  
and would have turned to toss the grass to dry;
and to do that to birds was why she came,
see nothing worthy to have been its mark,
that ought to be worth something, and may yet,
though we choose greatly, still to lack
to listen ere we dared to look,
But I May Recall It,
while i fry their bacon, much they care!
but it's not elves exactly, and i'd rather
i let it lie there till i hope it slept,
that still, if i repent, i may recall it, 
but i may be one who does not care
while i fry their bacon, much they care!
you have only to ask me, and i can tell,
did ever you feel so? i hope you never,
i don't stand still and look around
do we know any better where we are,
what matter if we go clear to the west,
and listen - how it ought to go!
the place it reached to blackened instantly, 
but no, not yet, a snort to bid them wait,