Collected Poems of John Holmes
Holmes, John A., Jr.
2002
The word heart
The word heart
Lose heart. Take heart. Warm-hearted men Know the old simple word will say What life may seize and give again World over now and every day. | |
Each knows a secret in his breast. Stout heart. Heartsick. Cold heart of stone. One goes light-hearted on his quest. One eats his heart out here alone. | |
I learned by heart. He spoke from the heart. They found it in their hearts to do. Deep source wherefrom our stories start, Passionate, tragic, whole, and true. | |
Heartbreak. Heart's ease. Set heart upon All excellence, unselfish good. Poor language if this word were gone And no word stand where heart had stood. | |