Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLANELLE OF RAINFALL, by ELMER GUSTAFSON First Line: He will not come again Last Line: Merciless falls the rain. Subject(s): Grief; Love - Complaints; Rain; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
He will not come again. I shall withhold my tears And listen to the rain. I watch the sad hour wane; These pangs eclipse my fears, Since he comes not again. Harsh is the thrust of pain, Merciless are his spears -- Merciless as the rain. In sorrow's somber train Shall pass the empty years. He will not come again. Here where his head has lain My heart is big with tears As a swollen cloud with rain. To weep for love is vain. Stopped is my flask of tears, Blunt are the spears of pain; Merciless falls the rain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS AT WAILING TIME by ELMER GUSTAFSON |
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