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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHERE?, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I called you through the silent night Last Line: Your bones recumbent lie. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
I called you through the silent night Across the brooding deep, I sought you in the shadowland From out the world—asleep; No answer echoed to my call, And now my way I thread About the lowly mounds that rise Among the silent dead. Though voiceless, you will hear my call, Your soul will heed my cry, Will rise, and mock the prison where Your bones recumbent lie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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