Hello P**try
Classics
Words
Blog
F.A.Q.
About
Contact
Guidelines
© 2024 HePo
by
Eliot
Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads.
Become a member
Donall Dempsey
Poems
Jun 5
SHADOWS OF OUR FORMER SELVES
SHADOWS OF OUR FORMER SELVES
April in Paris
John Donne has indigestion
pines for words from the Isle of Wight
"...whether I be
increased by a child or
diminished by the loss of a wife..."
his baby is born
dead
his wife lives
words...words
these creatures
made of ink
he begins his Anniversaries
Elizabeth Drury becomes a symbol
for the death of youth and beauty
Ben Johnson scorns
such
extreme lamentation
"If it had been written of
the ****** Mary
...it had been something!"
"...she, she is dead; she's dead:
how wan a ghost
this our world is..."
"the imputation of having said
so much
...to say as well as I could...
an Emperor is
about to be
elected
the busy old sun
rests for a moment in
an empty room
Written by
Donall Dempsey
Guildford
(Guildford)
Follow
😀
😂
😍
😊
😌
🤯
🤓
💪
🤔
😕
😨
🤤
🙁
😢
😭
🤬
0
51
Nick Moore
Please
log in
to view and add comments on poems