This is the kind of beautiful poem I would love to have written about me some day!
The Unforgottenness of You
When you came to me,
I leapt.
When you went from me,
I wept.
But when you died I kept
the unforgottenness of you
in a drawer with my poem-pen,
My pipe and tobacco,
And my sacred collection of
birds' eggs.
Copyright Grayson Ellis 1986
(first published in the Sunday Telegraph special supplement "From the Heart - Valentine poems for a loveless age" - February 1987)
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2 comments:
I've always loved this poem but it's so hard to find! Thank you so much Janice for posting it (and thankyou even more Grayson for writing it :) )
Delighted, Pam. I'm so glad to be able to share these beloved poems with people via the internet.
And more good news: 'The Unforgottenness' will be appearing, along with many other previously uncollected works, in Septic Bubblegum. I assume you've reserved your copy!
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