Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BYGONES, by BERT LESTON TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: Or ever a lick of art was done Last Line: And you were a sky-blue square. Alternate Author Name(s): T., B. L. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Death; Longing; Dead, The | ||||||||
OR ever a lick of Art was done, Or ever a one to care, I was a Purple Polygon, And you were a Sky-Blue Square. You yearned for me across a void, For I lay in a different plane, I'd set my heart on a Red Rhomboid, And your sighing was in vain. You pined for me as well I knew, And you faded day by day, Until the Square that was heavenly Blue, Had paled to an ashen grey. A myriad years or less or more, Have softly fluttered by, Matters are much as they were before, Except 'tis I that sigh. I yearn for you, but I have no chance, You lie in a different plane, I break my heart for a single glance, And I break said heart in vain. And ever I grow more pale and wan, And taste your old despair, When I was a Purple Polygon, And you were a Sky-Blue Square. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND ALL THAT I ASK by BERT LESTON TAYLOR |
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