YEARNING TO TALK POETRY

I long to talk again to you of poetry–

to speak of the subtle shifts

that may change a tide:

Why the choice of “a” or “the” is better;

why there never was

and should not be a “the”

in the first line

of Houseman’s XXII: R.L.S.

I long to talk again to you of poetry,

to speak of the subtle shifts

that may change a tide.

To share again with someone

who knows the uncommon melody

who will instantly recognize the source

of the melody’s elusive lure.

I long to talk again to you of poetry

to speak of the subtle shifts

that may change a tide.

We knew, you and I,

that there would be this longing after–

when the other of us was gone

beyond the reach of speech

or written word–

for, it is rare that a poet

finds another spirit so alike.

Yes, we knew, you and I,

and mourned before time

the inevitable silence

that one of us would bear.

Oh, how I long to talk again

of poetry with you.

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