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H.D. (1886–1961)

Selected poems

H.D. (1886–1961)
Biography: https://poets.org/poet/hd

 

“Oread” (1914)

Whirl up, sea—

whirl your pointed pines,

splash your great pines

on our rocks,

hurl your green over us,[5]

cover us with your pools of fir.[1]

 

“The Pool” (1914)

Are you alive?

I touch you.

You quiver like a sea-fish.

I cover you with my net.

What are you—banded one?[5][2]

  1. Text in public domain. H.D., “Oread,” BLAST, No. 1 (June 20, 1914). Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48186/oread. ↵
  2. Text in public domain. H.D., “The Pool,” Poetry Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 6 (March 1915). Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/13056/the-pool. ↵

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