Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PRESENCE, by MILDRED WHITNEY STILLMAN


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PRESENCE, by                    
First Line: I thought that I should miss you on this hill
Last Line: But, no, I do not miss you. You are here.
Subject(s): Absence; Cows; Presence; Separation; Isolation


I thought that I should miss you on this hill,
Where we have watched the slow cows passing down,
The black and white, the white one and the brown,
Cropping the grass between each daisy frill.
Here where we saw so many evenings spill
Their misty silver -- tenderly to drown,
The corn crib and the silo and the town,
Till dark came -- lonely as the whippoorwill.
Each buttercup, each bird note speaks of you.
Through the dim trees I nearly see your face.
Each stretching twig weaves memories that are dear.
I thought to shun the too familiar view,
To feel an emptiness about the place,
But, no, I do not miss you. You are here.





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