Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HATRED, by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT


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First Line: I shall hate you
Last Line: My hatred.
Subject(s): Hate; Men


I shall hate you
Like a dart of singing steel
Shot through still air
At even-tide.
Or solemnly
As pines are sober
When they stand etched
Against the sky.
Hating you shall be a game
Played with cool hands
And slim fingers.
Your heart will yearn
For the lonely splendor
Of the pine tree;
While rekindled fires
In my eyes
Shall wound you like swift arrows.
Memory will lay its hands
Upon your breast
And you will understand
My hatred.




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