Produced by Al Haines, produced from scans provided by Steven Bartlett [Illustration: Cover art] POEMS OF YES AND NO Elizabeth Bartlett _Poems of Yes and No_, was originally published in 1952 by Editorial Jus in Mexico City, and is now out-of-print. The author's literary executor, Steven James Bartlett, has decided to make the book available as an open access publication, freely available to readers through Project Gutenberg under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs license, which allows anyone to distribute this work without changes to its content, provided that both the author and the original URL from which this work was obtained are mentioned, that the contents of this work are not used for commercial purposes or profit, and that this work will not be used without the copyright holder's written permission in derivative works (i.e., you may not alter, transform, or build upon this work without such permission). The full legal statement of this license may be found at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode [Illustration: Creative Commons logo] poems of yes and no elizabeth bartlett editorial jus méxico some of these poems have appeared in poetry chapbook, arizona quarterly, southwest review, prairie schooner, university of kansas city review, new york times and mexican life magazine yes, paul -- with all my heart first edition 1952 number 2 contents yes search the wild wind lesson on five fingers journey to jerusalem prayer for four seasons ekstasis challenge while I live odyssey life I love mood on a string time is a palette dusk I love the lovers whatever else may be tropic time stormbird the wind and the rain art diary grassflesh the now and here swallows return reply to critics no step softly I would remember now and forever catchtraps beyond cost summer and winter suddenly item: body found on trial guadalajara pilgrimage washday in the tropics only this maturity alter ego this much I know about time in the wake of sleep cold wakening weather forecast measured interval black sun log for a voyage notes for the future yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes search the wild wind search the wild wind when the foals of spring leap by leave the summer colts behind nose up, head high stretch the hill's ribs when the stable gates are wide lead the mares from manger cribs stallion with pride reach the storm's heart when the world is lost to sight buck the sky and cliffs apart clouds black, snow white pitch a new tent when the greengrass disappears paw beneath the crystal scent sweet leaves, fresh spears