Barefoot
July 5, 2023To The Painter Of An Ill-drawn Picture of Cleone
July 5, 2023Recollection
How can it be that I forget
The way he phrased my doom,
When I recall the arabesques
That carpeted the room?
How can it be that I forget
His look and mein that hour,
When I recall I wore a rose,
And still can smell the flower?
How can it be that I forget
Those words that were his last,
When I recall the tune a man
Was whistling as he passed?
These things are what we keep from life’s
Supremest joy or pain;
For memory locks her chaff in bins
And throws away the grain.
Anne Reeve Aldrich
Anne Reeve Aldrich (1866-1918) was an American poet and writer. She was known for her works that celebrated the beauty of nature and her New England heritage. Some of her notable works include "The Land of Opportunity" (1905) and "The Road to Happy-Go-Lucky" (1912).