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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ACQUIRED ART, by ANNIE HIGGINS
First Line: I will forget that I have loved him
Last Line: Once you learn how it is done.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
First Line: I will forget that I have loved him
Last Line: Once you learn how it is done.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
I will forget that I have loved him.
What is loving, anyway,
But a different kind of breathing,
Of feeling things you cannot say?
When I move I will be careful
How I breathe, and when I sit
I will not clasp my hands together,
But I will read a book or knit.
I will not look out at the moonlight,
Nor think of tulips in the sun.
Forgetting must be almost easy
Once you learn how it is done.
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