Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NEUROSIS, by CHARLES TRUEMAN LANHAM


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

NEUROSIS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I can not seem to lose this little ghost
Last Line: Dancing back and forth across the sill.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lanham, C. T.
Subject(s): Obsessions


I can not seem to lose this little ghost.
It will not heed my stock of ancient lore . . .
Not even blood-runes on a sea-soaked post
Or holy water sprinkled on the floor.

Oh, I have buried it a thousand ways . . .
A thousand times . . . in wind, in fire, in sleet,
But still it pitter-patters through my days,
Weaving patterns with its little feet.

At night when it has followed me to bed,
I can not sleep . . . it never will be still.
I lie there watching this that should be dead
Dancing back and forth across the sill.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net