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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAVORING THE PAST, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am savoring the past Last Line: As it breaks my heart again. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Grief; Memory; Past; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
I am savoring the past Sitting-in with long ago, Breathing of its perfumed air Dreaming dreams I used to know ... I am savoring of the past— Bitter-sweet the pulsing pain, Yet I hold it tenderly As it breaks my heart again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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