Stevie Smith

Here you will find the Poem Tender Only To One of poet Stevie Smith

Tender Only To One

Tender only to one 
Tender and true 
The petals swing 
To my fingering 
Is it you, or you, or you? 


Tender only to one 
I do not know his name 
And the friends who fall 
To the petals? call 
May think my love to blame. 


Tender only to one 
This petal holds a clue 
The face it shows 
But too well knows 
Who I am tender to. 


Tender only to one, 
Last petal?s latest breath 
Cries out aloud 
From the icy shroud 
His name, his name is Death.