Elizabeth Jennings Time Poems

  • 1.
    You are no longer young,
    Nor are you very old.
    There are homes where those belong.
    You know you do not fit
    ...
  • 2.
    At this particular time I have no one
    Particular person to grieve for, though there must
    Be many, many unknown ones going to dust
    Slowly, not remembered for what they have done
    ...
  • 3.
    Lying apart now, each in a separate bed,
    He with a book, keeping the light on late,
    She like a girl dreaming of childhood,
    All men elsewhere, it is as if they wait
    ...
  • 4.
    The radiance of the star that leans on me
    Was shining years ago. The light that now
    Glitters up there my eyes may never see,
    And so the time lag teases me with how
    ...
Total 4 Time Poems by Elizabeth Jennings

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Time 4 Place 4 Long 3 Never 3 Face 3 Cold 3 Light 2 Together 2 Stranger 2 Grief 2

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