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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PARADOX, by ELYDIA SHIPMAN
First Line: Love had left her. The years
Last Line: Which love's presence made it impossible to conceal.
Subject(s): Love
First Line: Love had left her. The years
Last Line: Which love's presence made it impossible to conceal.
Subject(s): Love
Love had left her. The years
Like the bones of aged men
Had become dry and brittle;
Yet a sweet, elusive fragrance
Often came from out their mustiness.
Then, as if were opening
The door of a long-closed tomb,
Love -- pregnant with promise, returned.
Released, yet captive! She asked
The cool silence of night to encompass her
Lest prying eyes look upon the happiness
Which love's presence made it impossible to conceal.
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