Poems about steps
That Hunted For The Act
joy to have perished every step 
that hunted for the day 
presents it in the act 
the likest i have known 
Tell Him It Does
his merit all my fear 
it struck me every day 
thee then no me 
he'll sigh "the other she is where?
"
tell him it wasn't a practised writer 
it was dying then 
a beggar here and there 
the lingering and the stain i mean 
a doubt if it be fair indeed 
as dying say it does 
it will be ample time for me 
the lily waiting to be wed 
patient upon the steps until then 
death doubts it argues from the ground 
the bird would not arise 
Did I Not Take It Serve You For
joy to have perished every step 
it burns distinct from all the row 
and if it serve you for a house 
did i not take it from the ways
and if it had not been so far 
for they've never gone 
the hills have a way then 
You Got Sleepy And You Got Sleepy
shook my strong trust 
i'd give i'd give my life of course 
i offered her no word 
not like the gnat had i 
and you got sleepy and begged to be ended 
and perish but a bough between 
go blossom for the bees i said 
i will singing go 
i that way worship thee,
the grave would hinder me,
a day when it was not,
but then his house is but a step 
turn it, a little full in the face
death, the only one
does not so much as turn his head
This Might Have Perished Every Step
joy to have perished every step 
insert the thing that caused it 
this might have been the hand
i could not bear the bees should come,
and will endure as long as he
and they make merry wedding, whose guests are hundred leaves;
parched the flowers they bear along,
on the look of death,
wait till the majesty of death
till ranks of seeds their witness bear 
even through them this
You Doubt That Your Bird Was True?
why make it doubt it hurts it so 
it's thoughts and just one heart 
now, do you doubt that your bird was true?
you'll know sir when the savior's face
and then it's time to strike my tent 
he'll take it scan it step aside 
is it dead find it 
and if it had not been so far 
but were no one
if we were true 
but, had you looked in 
death is but one and comes but once
you would not know it from the drifts 
That They Have Done Expecting Me Think I'm
i fear me this circumference
i'll tell thee all how bald it grew 
i've nothing else to bring, you know 
that they have done expecting me 
let me think i'm sure 
of meeting them afraid 
he'll take it scan it step aside 
"was It Conscious When It Conscious When
the soul has moments of escape 
and "was it conscious when it stepped
as pride were all it could 
the waiting then will seem so worth
But Then His House Is But Then His
mistake defeat for death each time 
conviction every day 
'twas sunset all the day 
and tho' the skies are crowded 
and when the orchards stop their tune 
i could bring you jewels had i a mind to 
but then his house is but a step 
a little road not made of man 
Would Not Either Noticed Death Enable Thee
might death enable thee 
not either noticed death 
so safer guess with just my soul
the pearl the just our thought,
you've seen the color maybe 
what more the woman can,
but you have enough of those 
and would not let the seconds by 
yet she cannot speak,
i'm old enough, today, i'm certain then 
and you got sleepy and begged to be ended 
i knew so perfect yesterday 
just when the grave and i 
but then his house is but a step 
but when he singeth then 
My Second Rank Too Small The Steps Until
then turning from them reverent 
patient upon the steps until then 
my second rank too small the first 
till it be night no more 
hope it was that kept me warm 
but we stood whispering in the house 
Then Shut The Door
never could to me 
i too if he 
could i then shut the door 
then stepped more fast 
that knows not an until 
that was a former time 
Is A Book I Have A Book I
seen magic through the fright
tall like the stag would that?
a book i have a friend gave 
but then his house is but a step 
is a too established fortune 
some one the sum could tell, 
a star not far enough to seek 
its little fate to stipulate 
its past enlightened to perceive
that if the spirit like to hide
Moon Get Crossed, But Work Ain't All,
the hurt is not enough,
that probably it never would be lost,
and that was why it whispered and did not speak,
it blow but that you saw the trees in motion, 
with doors that none but the wind ever closes,
the sun and moon get crossed, but they never touch,
that lies unlifted now, come dew, come rust,
no footstep moved it, 'this is all,' they sighed,
but work ain't all, len undertakes too much,
but just the kind that kinsfolk can't abide,
we didn't change without some sacrifice,
tomorrow they may form and go,
You Needn't Be Afraid He'll Leave You Needn't
waiting for warren, when she heard his step,
than for himself, so placed he couldn't hope
but i'll not have the fellow back,"he said,
�scare you, but if you shrink from being scared, 
you needn't be afraid he'll leave you this time,"
no more to tell? we turned to other things,
The Bird Would Have The Rabbit Out Of
when this one fell
but with one step backward taken
but still lies pointed as it plowed the dust,
when, just as the soil tarnishes with weed,
through the thin frost, almost in separate stars,
half closes the garden path,
but the flower leaned aside
but they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
and yet too ready to believe the most,
they were welcome to their belief,
as the road winds would bring him to his door,
as well to-night as any night,
the bird would cease and be as other birds
nor yet in any spur it may be to ambition,
These Nights,
'i wonder,' i say, 'who the owner of those is,'
was the poorhouse, and those who could afford,
in the unloading, silas does that well,
besides the grave,
and left no trace but the cellar walls,
for love of it, and yet not waste time either,
more than you have yourself, some of these nights,
these latter about to fall, i thought that only
and often they brought so much to say
so as to say for certain i was here
and i looked to be happy, and i was,
and setting sun to hyla brook, i gave it 
my long scythe whispered and left the hay to make,
to step outdoors and take the water dazzle
and nothing to look forward to with hope,
They Seemed To Hear Us Talk
i left you in the morning,
the mower in the dew had loved them thus,
that fate had made thee for the pleasure of the wind,
friends make pretense of following to the grave,
and nothing to look backward to with pride,
what brought the kindred spider to that height,
to wash the steps with pail and rag,
where someone used to climb and crawl
you come to fetch me from my work to-night
to hear us talk
the universe seems cramped to you and me,
they seemed to fail the bluebirds under them 
for the shocks and changes we need to keep us sane,
to find that the utmost reward
and yet too ready to believe the most,
Like A Beast's Stall, To That Height?
for nothing in the measure of a neighbour,
and a shout greets the daring one,
to a slope where the cattle keep the lawn,
what brought the kindred spider to that height?
to step outdoors and take the water dazzle
but turns to pink between the teeth,
and hear his long scythe whispering to the ground,
through some delay, and call you to your face
like a beast's stall, to ease their consciences,
Having Perhaps The Wish Was Strong,
but with one step backward taken
to have inside the house with doors unlocked,
and having perhaps the better claim,
and none are taken but who will,
but did not enter, though the wish was strong,
and having perhaps the better claim,
if that was your idea, against the breeze,
and having perhaps the better claim,
they bring the telephone and telegraph,
The Beady Spider, The Wind Out Of
the first tool i step on
if i was not to speak of it to you
and often they brought so much to say
i shall have less to say,
what had how long it takes a birch to rot
what brought the kindred spider to that height?
to see, if in a dream they brought of you,
in one last look the way they must not go,
but not long since in the lumber camps,
where the boughs rain when it blows,
but the wind out of doors�you know the saying, 
but the secret sits in the middle and knows,
the headless aftermath,
the beady spider, the flower like a froth,
and the awe passes wonder then,
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,
To Be,
broad-shouldered little slabs there in the sunlight
years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground
they plant dead trees for living, and the dead
and simply staying possesses all
so now and never any different,"
so close the windows and not hear the wind,
women and men will make them all the same,
that would have joined the house in flame
they were content to figure in the trees
and question what of the night to be,
to wash the steps with pail and rag,
to step outdoors and take the water dazzle
to leave it to, whether the right to hold
to think of the right thing to say too late,
they had given him back to her, but not to keep,
A Quiverful To Make Pretense
a quiverful to choose from, since he wished me
and say no word to tell me who he was
he will not see me stopping here
man came to tell it what was wrong,
and the sweet pang it cost me not to call
and spread her apron to it, she put out her hand
and checked my steps to make pretense
If The Air
my instep arch not only keeps the ache,
it only gives our wish for blue a whet,
yet not enough, a bullet through and through,
she scorns a pasture withering to the root,
the birds that came to it through the air
to which you give the assenting voice,'
to see if the birds lived the first night through,
if we who sight along it round the world,
and that was why it whispered and did not speak,
grief may have thought it was grief,
no, not as there is a time to talk,
something there is that doesn't love a wall,
it is the autumnal mood with a difference,
it was a cord of maple, cut and split
To Go There,
it seems forever 
she took a doubtful step and then undid it
before it stained a single human breast,
loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird,
warren leaned out and took a step or two,
a farm, a countryside, or if he can,
or so the story goes, it was some girl,
so your mistake was ours, haven�t you heard, though, 
"home is the place where, when you have to go there,
to find himself in one, well, all we said was
the question that he frames in all but words
and where they sought without the sword
forgetting that as fitted to the sphere,
and that was the case to carry it in,
He Meant To Flames Without Twice Thinking, Where
he is all pine and i am apple orchard,
i knew pretty well what he had in mind,
in winter he comes back to us, i'm done,"
they had given him back to her, but not to keep,
while they had backs turned, that it hadn�t been there 
he must have given the hand, however it was,
waiting for warren, when she heard his step,
before she saw him, she was starting down,
he meant to clear the upper pasture, too,
to flames without twice thinking, where it verges 
and when i come to the garden ground,