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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BAYOU, by EDITH TATUM
First Line: All night I hear deep water flowing
Last Line: Unbroken, since you went away.
Subject(s): Bayous
First Line: All night I hear deep water flowing
Last Line: Unbroken, since you went away.
Subject(s): Bayous
All night I hear deep water flowing,
The bayou as it seeks the sea.
I lean from out my window, watching,
Dreaming its strange mystery.
And ever I hear the muted rippling
Of water that never is the same;
On, on, it surges, going, going
To some far haven without name.
My hours and days and years are passing,
Like this drift-water and as gray.
My life is like the bayou's flowing,
Unbroken, since you went away.
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