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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DIM DOORWAY, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Forty years rolled back the curtain Last Line: Laughter I had lost so long. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Time | |||
Forty years rolled back the curtain; Standing at a fragrant door I'm a child, with bright hopes laden Lush with love and life once more. Forty years, the days unravel Softly, evenly as though I were gazing in a doorway Where I stood long, long ago. Just a simple fragrance brought me Back, where all my dreams belong Just a fragrance, and my heart found Laughter I had lost so long. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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