Epitaph For Our Children

by A. S. J. Tessimond

Blame us for these who were cradled and rocked in our chaos;
Watching our sidelong watching, fearing our fear;
Playing their blind-man’s-bluff in our gutted mansions,
Their follow-my-leader on a stair that ended in air.

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Poems in English

To Sleep poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To One Who Has Been Long In City Pent poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To My Brothers poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To My Brother George poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Mrs Reynolds’ Cat poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To John Hamilton Reynolds poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Hope poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Homer poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Haydon poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To G.A.W. poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Fanny poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Byron poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Autumn poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To Ailsa Rock poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To A Young Lady Who Sent Me A Laurel Crown poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To A Friend Who Sent Me Some Roses poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
To poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
This Living Hand poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
Think Of It Not, Sweet One poem – John Keats poems by John Keats
The Human Seasons poem – John Keats poems by John Keats

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Arthur Seymour John Tessimond

Arthur Seymour John Tessimond (1902 -1962) was an English poet. He had a tumultuous childhood, ran from boarding school, went to work, somehow attended the University of Liverpool, avoided service in WWI and then discovered that he is unfit for military service after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which in those days was known as manic depression. A.S. Tessimond is a wonderful poet though maybe somewhat underappreciated poet. He died from in 1962 from a brain haemorrhage.

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Epitaph For Our Children

by A. S. J. Tessimond

Poems in English

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