Earth

"A planet doesn't explode of itself," said drily
The Martian astronomer, gazing off into the air -
"That they were able to do it is proof that highly
Intelligent beings must have been living there."

The Two Societies

"Come back at dead of night and speak to me,
You are too much a stranger here -
Come as you used to be,
And have no fear,
My very dear."
"Ah no, that may not be,
To come so near
Is not for you and me."

"O tell me but one thing, for I must know
Or perish of the uncertainty -
Whisper it to me here,
That you are happy so
And we shall meet again." "Ah no,
My very dear.
I may not answer you,
Nor if I answered could you hear."

Dawn On Mid-Ocean

Veiled are the heavens, veiled the throne,
   The sacred spaces of the vast
And virgin sea make sullen moan
   Into the Void whence God has passed.

With His right hand He wakened it,
   The sorrowing Deep, to sweet dismay, -
And sighed; with His left hand He lit
   The stars in heaven, and took His way,

Leaving this loveliness behind:
   The inconsolable Vacancy
Bears witness in the veiled night and blind,
   To some departed Mystery.

Disconsolate for One withdrawn,
   Moan the vague mouths. One cold and clear
Star, like a lamp, in the pale dawn
   Trembles for passion: God was here!

The Black Panther

There is a panther caged within my breast,
But what his name, where is no breast shall know
Save mine, nor what it is that drives him so,
Backward and forward, in relentless quest -
That silent rage, baffled but unsuppressed,
The soft pad of those stealthy feet that go
Over my body's prison to and fro,
Trying the walls forever, without rest.

All day I feed him with my living heart,
But when the night puts forth her dreams and stars,
The inexorable frenzy re-awakes:
His wrath is hurled upon the trembling bars,
The eternal passion stretches me apart,
And I lie silent - but my body shakes.