Unromantic Love

POSTED IN classic poetry May 28, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is no stillness in this wood.

The quiet of this clearing
Is the denial of my hearing
The sounds I should.

There is no vision in this glade.
This tower of sun revealing
The timbered scaffoldage is stealing
Essence from shade.

Only my love is love’s ideal.
The love I could discover
In these recesses knows no lover,
Is the unreal,

The undefined, unanalysed,
Unabsolute many;
It is antithesis of any,
In none comprised.

J. V. Cunningham