Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN YOUR ABSENCE, by ELIZABETH BAXTER


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IN YOUR ABSENCE, by                    
First Line: It may be when the sunlight strikes the sill
Last Line: Are many as the things I hear and see.
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation


It may be when the sunlight strikes the sill
A certain way. Your hand once rested there,
And so, remembering that, my heart stands still,
As one who has been running stops for air.
Or in a crowd some friend may say your name,
Or just a name that's similar to yours,
And all my pulses leap as leaps a flame
When someone adds a twig. These are your lures.
The snares your hand and voice have set for me
Are many as the things I hear and see.





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