<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=429716" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>There Are Not Many Kingdoms Left</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I write the lips of the moon upon her shoulders. In a<br>temple of silvery farawayness I guard her to rest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For her bed I write a stillness over all the swans of the<br>world. With the morning breath of the snow leopard I<br>cover her against any hurt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Using the pen of rivers and mountaintops I store her<br>pillow with singing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Upon her hair I write the looking of the heavens at<br>early morning.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">-- Away from this kingdom, from this last undefiled<br>place, I would keep our governments, our civilization, and<br>all other spirit-forsaken and corrupt institutions.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O cold beautiful blossoms of the moon moving upon<br>her shoulders . . . the lips of the moon moving there . . .<br>where the touch of any other lips would be a profanation.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Kenneth+Patchen">Kenneth Patchen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=429716" data-title="There Are Not Many Kingdoms Left de Kenneth Patchen" data-description="I write the lips of the moon upon her shoulders. In a temple of silvery farawayness I guard her to rest. For her bed I write a stillness over all the swans of the world. With the morning breath of the snow leopard I cover her against any hurt. U..."></div> </div> </div>

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