Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT WAS DONE, by MIKHAIL ALEXEYEVICH KUZMIN Poet's Biography First Line: Night was done. We rose and after Last Line: As though night's twain were not we. Variant Title(s): This Summer's Love Subject(s): Memory; Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
Night was done. We rose and after Washing, dressing,kissed with laughter, After all the sweet night knows. Lilac breakfast cups were clinking While we sat like brothers drinking Tea,and kept our dominoes. And our dominoes smiled greeting, And our eyes avoided meeting With our dumb lips' secrecy. "Faust" we sang, we played, denying Night's strange memories, strangely dying, As though night's twain were not we. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN ALEXANDRIAN SONGS: 2 by MIKHAIL ALEXEYEVICH KUZMIN |
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