Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

AFTER PARTING, by                    
First Line: Although the house which once felt your caress
Last Line: And loneliness, filling every room...
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness


Although the house which once felt your caress
Is silent now, its windows sad and blind,
More poignant, far, than aching emptiness
Are things that you in passing left behind:
The Shelley on the table by your bed...
Your window flowers that are soon to bloom...
An imprint, on a pillow, of your head...
And Loneliness, filling every room...





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...



Home: PoetryExplorer.net