Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REPULSE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nobody cares when I am glad Last Line: Nobody cares when I am sad. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Estrangement; Outcasts | ||||||||
Nobody cares when I am glad, I beat upon their hearts in glee, "Drink, drink joy's brimming cup with me," All echoless, my ecstasy Nobody cares when I am glad. Nobody cares when I am sad, Whene'er I seek compassion's breast, I falter wounded from my quest Back! back into my heart, sore prest Nobody cares when I am sad. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 2. HERMAN THE BASTARD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR LITTLE CITIZEN, LITTLE SURVIVOR by HAYDEN CARRUTH GOING OUT FOR CIGARETTES by BILLY COLLINS HOMO WILL NOT INHERIT by MARK DOTY DEFLECTION TOWARD THE RELATIVE MINOR by FORREST GANDER ON A CERTAIN FIELD IN AUVERS by JOHN HAINES ON LOVE: MARINA TSVETAEVA by EDWARD HIRSCH OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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