Before this loved one Was that one and that one A family And history And ghost s adversity Whose pleasing name Was neighbourly shame. Before this last one Was much to be done, Frontiers to cross As clothes grew worse And coins to pass In a cheaper house Before this last one Before this loved one. Face that the sun Is supple on May stir but here Is no new year; This gratitude for gifts is less Than the old loss; Touching is shaking hands On mortgaged lands; And smiling of This gracious greeting ''Good day. Good luck" Is no real meeting But instinctive look A backward love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE JOBHOLDER by DAVID IGNATOW TRANSPOSITIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN A SWEDISH GRAVEYARD by EMMA LAZARUS BLACK EAGLE RETURNS TO ST. JOE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: AMOS SIBLEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: THE VILLAGE ATHEIST by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |