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February 02, 2025

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There’s a great mysterious sadness in this poem that stays with me beyond the unanswered implicit question in its last line. The author has beautifully managed to address the complex feelings surrounding mortality without flogging it as a theme. Thanks, Stevie and Terence!

Sad beauty. Fine poem.

I feel a great triumph in this poem --a control of destiny-- and a great sweet pleasure. Glad to meet her(them.)


David: thanks for the comment.

I feel the voices of Stevie and Virginia Woolf merging in this sad but powerful poem… The last lines just pierced me: “We could make something/so beautiful. But we don’t.” (And interesting where the line break is…) Thanks Stevie and Terence!…Another great poem for me to ponder this week!

Unutterably sad photo.


Thanks for the response, Leslie.

Frank for sure! And quite beautiful. The last two lines clutch my gut. Thx, both of you. No, the three of you.

totally engaging and brilliantly crafted poem, thank you for it

Sad and beautiful poem. Great artwork.

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I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark


from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman

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