Love Is Not All Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Love Is Not All
Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink
Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain;
Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink
And rise and sink and rise and sink again;
Love can not fill the thickened lung with breath,
Nor clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone;
Yet many a man is making friends with death
Even as I speak, for lack of love alone.
It well may be that in a difficult hour,
Pinned down by pain and moaning for release,
Or nagged by want past resolution's power,
I might be driven to sell your love for peace,
Or trade the memory of this night for food.
It well may be. I do not think I would.
Is this in Villanelle form? Lovely in any form. I just discovered Edna. I think she may soon become a favorite.
Love is not all and love is not goal but love is pearl of heart expression; nice to read
Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink........ beginning done with a true dictum. Beautiful poem. Five stars.
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A unique composition! Loved the way things have been expressed!
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4/25/2024 9:31:42 AM # 1.0.0.1119
.......I truly believe love is God and love can do all things.....supply us with food and drink.....a roof against the rain....a floating spar for the men who rise and sink, rise and sink....even repair our broken bones and give us the air we breathe....and yes truly life is not worth living without God (love)