In Those Years – The Poetry Monster

A poem by Adrienne Cecile Rich (1929 – 2012)

In those years, people will say, we lost track

of the meaning of we, of you

we found ourselves

reduced to I

and the whole thing became

silly, ironic, terrible:

we were trying to live a personal life

and yes, that was the only life

we could bear witness to

But the great dark birds of history screamed and plunged

into our personal weather

They were headed somewhere else but their beaks and pinions drove

along the shore, through the rags of fog

where we stood, saying I

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Poems in English

To His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To Captain H—–d, of the 65th Regiment by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To A Lady On The Death Of The Three Relations by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Lady on Her Remarkable Preservation by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Lady on Her Coming to North-America by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Lady and Her Children by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Gentleman on His Voyage to Great-Britain by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady’s Brother and Sister by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
Thoughts On The Works Of Providence by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
One Being Brought From Africa To America by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On Virtue by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On The Death Of Rev. Mr. George Whitefield by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On The Death Of J. C. An Infant by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On the Death of a Young Gentleman by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On Recollection by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley

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Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

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Adrienne Cecile Rich (1929 – 2012) was an American poet, essayist, and feminist.

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