Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LIKENESS OF HIS YESTERDAYS ..., by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG


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First Line: The likeness of his yesterdays is such
Last Line: Than yesterday's -- brought from the day before?
Subject(s): April; Flowers; Hearts; Roses


The likeness of his yesterdays is such
That many a man might fly them if he could
But rid himself of their endearing clutch
And free his heart of their restraining blood;
But the moment that he yearns to try and touch
Some morning just to see it change its hood,
The April underneath soon proves it's much
The same -- by doing what most Aprils would!

To find oneself no farther from the dead
Than a rose is from a rose a June ago,
Or fallen leaves are from an autumn, red
The moment that a seed decides to grow?
Should not the rondo of the earth be more
Than yesterday's -- brought from the day before?





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