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irisblue

(38,207 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2026, 04:27 PM 2 hrs ago

These 2 poems belong here, at least for me.

The Bustle in a House
The Morning after Death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted opon Earth –

The Sweeping up the Heart
And putting Love away
We shall not want to use again
Until Eternity –



Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color


https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/28891/separation-56d21285b2140
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44084/the-bustle-in-a-house-1108

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