Born in 1876 in Dayton, OH, Natalie Clifford Barney was an - TopicsExpress



          

Born in 1876 in Dayton, OH, Natalie Clifford Barney was an American playwright, poet, and novelist. She published love poems to women under her own name starting in the 1900’s. Honoring her during National Poetry Month is to celebrate of her bold and daring style in those times. I Built a Fire by Natalie Clifford Barney I built a fire to welcome her. And my voice sighed Aloud her name. To be with her This night, I would have died . . . Upon the hours, all in vain My tears, the rain, Fall uselessly, unceasingly . . . The heavy door Has closed again . . . again! I wait, yet know she will not brave The midnight, — give One hour more, so utterly to live; Wise and mild and shy, Afraid as the heart of a child, I know her heart to be. And mine, that naught will save, Must love and live and crave And break unceasingly!
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:32:45 +0000

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