The Crystal Lithium

James Marcus Schuyler (November 9, 1923 - April 12, 1991) was an American poet whose awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 1980 collection The Morning of the Poem. He was a central figure in the New York School and is often associated with fellow New York School poets John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, and Barbara Guest. These poems were published in 1972. "The pain and tenderness of sexual love are made memorable in a deceptively casual tone: And lighter than a zeppelin the sense of touch brushed lightly one against the other we two, together here among the leaves"