T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.
Emotional, XIX
By Michael Strange (Blanche Oelrichs) (18901950)(From Resurrecting Life, 1921) I AM resting by the edge of the sea— | |
But in my arm is a curve imperceptible | |
For the weight of your head—lover—comrade— | |
My feet are damp with the vigorous jet of the sea— | |
My body is splashed in a sudden pour of sunlight | 5 |
Spreading down now in widening—blazing torrents— | |
From behind the pushed-away clouds— | |
Yet I long to be chilled—warmed—and surpassing these— | |
And by our limbs co-mingling lover—comrade. | |