Poems by Edwin Leibfreed

O heart of God, beat once for me!
The bird shall build its nest
Within the shelter of the tree...

You beautiful girl of the street!
With paramours a-plenty.
With radiant hair, and lips so swee...

When the gentle Christ was tracing
His forgiveness in the sand,
'Twas a woman's need effacing
...

Behold the drapery of the night!
A fleecy flame 'midst opal light.
An etching limned with shaft...

The farm--a bit of heaven--
Where nature stopped to pray
For blessings to be given
One dreamy ...

I Oh to be naked!
My body? Yes, if need be.
My Soul, more than all else.
To be as I am. As ...

Dear lord, make me a lamp to shine,
And spread a gracious light;
Though I may be in spirit p...

Whence came those shadows in thine eyes
That tremble with a mute surprise,
Transforming girlho...

I would find God--the sovereign quest of life--
And finding Him be quit of reason's strife.
His...

Oh little bird with head atilt,
In safety drinking as thou wilt
From out the wayside found;
...

Trekking with ghastly, bloody feet she came,
The most unshapely monster known to fame.
Within...

I am haunted by phantom sounds tonight
Of the music of long ago,
Whose shadowy notes in reveri...

Love, the hidden spring of life, and soul's desire.
Celestial gold, secreted, laid by fire
...

The rose, my lady, that you wear,
It heard a whisper down the air.
It heard, and then it un...

I have seen your canvased glories,
And your marble statues rare,
I have heard heart-thrilling...