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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD NUNS' TALK, by SISTER MARGARET
First Line: I do not fear for margaret
Last Line: It will be spring forever in her mind.
Subject(s): Old Age
First Line: I do not fear for margaret
Last Line: It will be spring forever in her mind.
Subject(s): Old Age
I do not fear for Margaret.
All their thoughts of her
Are autumn reveries of brown leaves dropping
And powdered apples clustering on the boughs.
Forgotten spring as if it never blossomed
Hints of deep winter and the death of snow;
I do not fear for Margaret.
It was October when she first knew earth,
And after darkness it was late July;
She shall be old forever. And I know
It will be spring forever in her mind.
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