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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAVORING THE PAST, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON 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
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.
Other Poems of Interest...
THE CROWDS CHEERED AS GLOOM GALLOPED AWAY by MATTHEA HARVEY
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