Author: Katherine Mansfield

And again the flowers are come, And the light shakes, And no tiny voice is dumb, And a bud breaks […]

In the middle of our porridge plates There was a blue butterfly painted And each morning we tried who should […]

There is a solemn wind to-night That sings of solemn rain; The trees that have been quiet so long Flutter […]

(O little white feet of mine) Out in the storm and the rain you fly; (Red, red shoes the colour […]

Now I am a plant, a weed, Bending and swinging On a rocky ledge; And now I am a long […]

That deaf old man With his hand to his ear His hand to hi head stood out like a shell, […]

To the little, pitiful God I make my prayer, The God with the long grey beard And flowing robe fastened […]

The Half-Soled-Boots-With-Toecaps-Child Walked out into the street And splashed in all the pubbles till She had such shocking feet The […]

In the profoundest ocean There is a rainbow shell, It is always there, shining most stilly Under the greatest storm […]

In the wide bed Under the freen embroidered quilt With flowers and leaves always in soft motion She is like […]

Now it is Loneliness who comes at night Instead of Sleep, to sit beside my bed. Like a tired child […]

Love! Love! Your tenderness, Your beautiful, watchful ways Grasp me, fold me, cover me; I lie in a kind of […]

Shadow children, thin and small, Now the day is left behind, You are dancing on the wall, On the curtains, […]

My Babbles has a nasty knack Of keeping monkeys on her back. A great big black one comes and swings […]

The baby in the looking-glass Is smiling through at me; She has her teaspoon in her hand, Her feeder on […]

Baby Babbles only one, Now to sit up has begun. Little Babbles quite turned two Walks as well as I […]

Half-Past-Six and I were talking In a very grown-up way; We had got so tired with running That we did […]

A Gulf of silence separates us from each other. I stand at one side of the gulf, you at the […]

Little Star, little Star, Come down quick. The Moon is a bogey-man; He’ll eat you certain if he can. Little […]

Now this is the story of Olaf Who ages and ages ago Lived right on the top of a mountain, […]