http://lydiacoffin.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] lydiacoffin.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2005-10-20 10:40 am
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Epitaph For A Romantic Woman
by Louise Bogan

She has attained the permanence
She dreamed of, where old stones lie sunning.
Untended stalks blow over her
Even and swift, like young men running.

Always in the heart she loved
Others had lived, -- she heard their laughter.
She lies where none has lain before,
Where certainly none will follow after.

[identity profile] skygypsy.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
hee i noticed, and now i love bogan! :)

[identity profile] skygypsy.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
i love "old stones lie sunning"

[identity profile] sunlike.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Beautiful poem. I especially like the second stanza.

[identity profile] glass-doll.livejournal.com 2005-10-21 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
im in love
i might have to go buy some of her books