Spencer Heath Archive

Item 3025

Penciled letter to Heath, not signed, preserved in “Originals” envelope 912

1951

 

 

Dear Mr. Heath:

I have not heard from you since you left. I wonder if you are mad at me. Are you?

I have been hopelessly searching for the red tie Papa selected for your birthday. The box it came in is on my table but the tie is gone.  Apparently somebody else liked it as well as I did. However, if it should reappear I will mail it to you. I felt so sad it was gone. I decided to write a verse instead dedicated to you.

 

A Birthday Poem

To Spencer Heath

 

 

Within thine eyes so blue and so benign

  A latent glow — lit by a spark divine,

Reveals the yearning of thy restless soul

  On quest divine

Ennobled is thine brow

  By thought refined

Beyond the realm of self to plan

  A saner, safer world for all mankind

_______________________________

With apologies

I know nothing about poetry so if it isn’t right it may amuse you to revise it.