On a Grey Thread

On a Grey Thread was first published in 1923, one of the first books of openly lesbian love poetry to be published in the United States. Her early verse is concise and highly original.


By : Elsa Gidlow (1898 - 1986)

01 - The Grey Thread



02 - Youth



03 - World Cry



04 - Hope



05 - Life's Leaders



06 - Market Maze



07 - Grain and Grapes



08 - Oversoul



09 - Come and Lie With Me



10 - Futility



11 - Roots



12 - I Must Be Far



13 - Ecstasy



14 - Youth Insatiate



15 - Disillusionment



16 - The Hole in My Curtain



17 - Despair



18 - Declaration



19 - The Poet



20 - Love's Acolyte



21 - From the Top of the World



22 - Episode



23 - Experience



24 - This is Not Love



25 - A Happy Song



26 - As Usual



27 - The Artist



28 - Sudden Friendship



29 - Love Song



30 - Late Autumn Afternoon



31 - Philosophy



32 - You Are Not She



33 - Love Sleep



34 - When Love Becomes a Stranger



35 - Of a Certain Friendship



36 - Constancy



37 - Mnasidika



38 - A Friend Departs



39 - I, Lover



40 - Relinquishment



41 - The Face in the Rain



42 - Grey Skies



43 - Chant of Spring



44 - Dawn



45 - Poppy Song



46 - To a Young Dancing Girl



47 - Chance



48 - Loneliness



49 - Before Sleep



50 - A Thought



51 - Epilogue

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