Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NEARNESS, by JOHN FREEMAN


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NEARNESS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thy hand my hand
Last Line: Remain thy spirit and mine, past touch and sight.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness


THY hand my hand,
Thine eyes my eyes,
All of thee
Caught and confused with me:
My hand thy hand,
My eyes thine eyes,
All of me
Sunken and discovered anew in thee. ...

No: still
A foreign mind,
A thought
By other yet uncaught;
A secret will
Strange as the wind:
The heart of thee
Bewildering with strange fire the heart in me.

Hand touches hand,
Eye to eye beckons,
But who shall guess
Another's loneliness?
Though hand grasp hand,
Though the eye quickens,
Still lone as night
Remain thy spirit and mine, past touch and sight.





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