Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALLEGIANCE, by HILDEGARDE FLANNER First Line: I have not forgotten yet Last Line: Skin that chokes like mignonette. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
I have not forgotten yet Skin that chokes like mignonette, I who drank myself to death With the apples of your breath, I who blasphemously went Into your beauty's tenement, I who eagerly confessed Upon the altar of your breast. I who falter in the snare Of your canary-colored hair, Sacredly could not forget Skin that chokes like mignonette. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BIRD SINGS AT NIGHT by HILDEGARDE FLANNER |
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