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

A Rustic Seat Near The Sea by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
A Garden-Seat At Home by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Where fair Sabrina’s wand’ring currents flow by William Somervile by William Somerville
To the Right Hon. The Earl of Halifax , with the Fable of the Two Springs by William Somervile by William Somerville
To the Right Hon. Lady Anne Coventry by William Somervile by William Somerville
To the Duke of Marlborough, upon His Removal From All His Places by William Somervile by William Somerville
To the Author of the The Essay on Man by William Somervile by William Somerville
To Dr. MReading Mathmatics by William Somervile by William Somerville
To a Young Lady, with the Illiad of Homer Translated by William Somervile by William Somerville
To a Lady, Who Made Me a Present of a Silver Pen by William Somervile by William Somerville
To a Gentleman, Who Married His Cast Mistress by William Somervile by William Somerville
To a Discarded Toast by William Somervile by William Somerville
The Yeoman of Kent by William Somervile by William Somerville
The Wolf and the Dog by William Somervile by William Somerville
The Wise Builder by William Somervile by William Somerville
The Two Springs by William Somervile by William Somerville
The True Use of the Looking-Glass by William Somervile by William Somerville
The Superannuated Lover by William Somervile by William Somerville
The Sheep and the Bush by William Somervile by William Somerville
The Lamentation of David Over Saul and Jonathan by William Somervile by William Somerville

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

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