Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AROUND THE CORNER, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poet's Biography First Line: Around the corner I have a friend Last Line: Around the corner, a vanished friend. Subject(s): Friendship | ||||||||
Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year is gone, And I never see my old friend's face, For Life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men: Tired with playing a foolish game, Tired with trying to make a name. "Tomorrow," I say, "I will call on Jim, Just to show that I'm thinking of him." But tomorrow comes -- and tomorrow goes, And the distance between us grows and grows Around the corner! -- yet miles away. . . . "Here's a telegram, sir. . . ." "Jim died today." And that's what we get, and deserve in the end: Around the corner, a vanished friend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES CITY ROOFS by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE |
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