Rivers to the Sea

With Sara Teasdale.

Afterwards, amid the autumn dusk, 

I shall not care. 

Let it be forgotten by February twilight, 

these faults.

My heart is heavy with old love.

Love, this is not a word, but an epitaph.

What do I care, in the morning?

Says a voice around me now,

here in this spirit’s house.

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Today is the birthday of American lyric poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933). The lines above are composed with some of her poem titles. The title of this post references a collection she published in 1915.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

6 thoughts on “Rivers to the Sea”

  1. Bartholomew Barker – Hillsborough, North Carolina – Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
    Bartholomew Barker says:

    The more I read from Teasdale, the more I appreciate her work. My favorite is “There will come soft rains”. Thank you for celebrating her birthday!

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  3. KatMorski – Rapid River, MI – Kathryn lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, works as a freelance communicator, writes songs, poems and stories, photographs nature compulsively, and enjoys the company of her husband Steven, their two grown children and their growing families, and a large garden. She performs with daughter Caitlin and son Brian as 'SKI, a group that "folk 'n' rocks"!
    KatMorski says:

    “..and children’s faces, looking up, holding wonder like a cup..” That was probably the clincher for me with Teasdale. A woman who was present to the world. Thank you!

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