|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHANSON NOIR, by ANN HAMILTON (1902-)
First Line: When I am an old woman
Last Line: Are slow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Anna E.; Hamilton, A. E.; Hamilton, Anne E.
Subject(s): Old Age
First Line: When I am an old woman
Last Line: Are slow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Anna E.; Hamilton, A. E.; Hamilton, Anne E.
Subject(s): Old Age
When I am an old woman
Look at me and sing
How once I wore a magic gown
And a charmed ring,
And how I found a moon-flower
Once in the spring.
When I am an old woman
Look at me and say
That one lover held me
Through April and May,
And what was in my soul
When I sent him away?
When I am an old woman
Look at me and know
Why dream-petals waver
When ghost-winds blow,
And why old comets
Are slow.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW
FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS
THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS
OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON
A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE
AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE
TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY
SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS
BROTHER RUGINO by ANN HAMILTON (1902-)