Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADJUSTMENT, by MARGARET CUNNINGHAM First Line: If I must live and live without you Last Line: I shall not think of you or of this year and smile. Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
If I must live and live without you It should be done with honor to myself, Intolerant of listless days and weeping, And pain that pillages the heart by stealth. All in good time the dream is half-forgotten And much is found to brighten and beguile; Though twenty years from now if I remember I shall not think of you or of this year and smile. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN BRIEF PORTRAIT by MARGARET CUNNINGHAM |
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