Poems by Leon Gellert
The Speech Of Flattery
... "The day has come, at last, lat last, the light! ...
The Burial: In Memory of W.L.E.
... But, rather smile, - yea, laugh! If pure, thy mirth ...
Anzac Cove
... With some blood upon the stones beside its mouth ...
The Wrecked Aeroplane
... as of yore. When fearlessly didst flee that alien Cretan shore ...
Acceptance
... And I, who thought to scoff, and had so planned, ...
The Attack at Dawn
... Its coming! Look! Our Gods own laughing sun! ...
Blind!
... Long rows of flowers, and flowers that sway and dance ...
The Return
... Stars shed their brightest light ...
Lemnos Visited
... Lest fields of flowers change to fields of pain ...
The House Delirious
... linger long. The tune has passed with time, and left an ...
Patience
... Each Queen! Each King! and every Jack! ...
The Blind Man
... He saw the depth of waters, - space, - the free ...
Dejection
... head, Go forth alone to meet the world-forgotten dead ...
The Epileptic
... And strong to move, he helps the maimed and the lame, ...
The Songs End
... Here, where the lizard sticks its tongue ...
