Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE IS NO DEATH, by CONSTANCE ENTWHISTLE HOAR First Line: Pansies are best for early spring Last Line: "pansies are for remembering." Subject(s): Death; Memory; Spring; Dead, The | ||||||||
Pansies are best for early spring; I buy them for remembering And plant them quickly all around A small grey stone and tiny mound. I do not think of her as clay; But, older grown, she seems to say: "My mother plants them every spring; Pansies are for remembering." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND I SHALL STOP DREAMING by CONSTANCE ENTWHISTLE HOAR |
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