Could I...
Could I make my love artTo last till time is stayedI would carve a red heartAnd two clear eyes of jade.
Could I make my love liveIn time and space with meNot a fig for art I'd give.I would not carve, but be.
From Pearls. Reprinted with permission of Kathleen Forsythe, Cogswell's literary executor. Back to Selected Poems