Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOOD NIGHT! GOOD NIGHT!, by JOHN HOLMES (1904-1962)


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GOOD NIGHT! GOOD NIGHT!, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Curse the tongue in my head
Last Line: Let this one have an end!
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting


Curse the tongue in my head,
That a guest has gone away
And I have left unsaid
Much that heart meant to say:
God bless your evening road
And bless tomorrow then;
Lighten whatever load
And bring you here again.
Time crowds upon us black,
But your talk had a glow
That fought the darkness back,
And I did not tell you so
Because my clumsy tongue
Lacks grace to give good night.
That was a homely wrong
But in my power to right.
There are wrongs enough and more,
Almost past hope to mend.
But by Fire and Food and Door
Let this one have an end!





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