Love Songs (section III) by Mina Loy

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We might have coupled In the bed-ridden monopoly of a moment Or broken flesh with one another At the profane communion table Where wine is spilled on promiscuous lips   We might have given birth to a butterfly With the daily news Printed in blood on its wings.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Love Songs" was published in Vol. 1, No. 1 of Others: A Magazine of the New Verse in July 1915.   Mina Loy was born in London on December 27, 1882. Her collections of poetry include Lunar Baedeker (Contact Editions, 1923) and Lunar Baedeker & Time-Tables (Jonathan Williams/Jargon Press, 1958). She died on September 25, 1966. Poetry by Loy   The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997)  "In Particular" by Djuna Barnes "A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M." by Amy Lowell "The Soul has Bandaged moments (360)" by Emily Dickinson Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038