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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WOMAN I KNEW, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography First Line: I mind me of a woman that I knew Last Line: "I envy her!"" the pale drab woman said." Subject(s): Aging; Envy; Grief; Women; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
I MIND me of a woman that I knew, A shadow-woman, pale and drab and small— The caravan of Life had passed her by, And as it passed had touched her not at all. She went among us almost as a ghost Who did but peer in, through a pane, at Life; Its melody and madness moved her not— She had no place, not even in its strife. Too quietly she went for Youth and Love, Too soberly to feel Adventure's stir; Death could not touch her whom Life had ignored— And so, not even grief companioned her. We spoke one day about the bitter grief That bowed another woman—of the dead Whom she so wildly missed, so madly mourned ... "I envy her!" the pale drab woman said. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A DESERTED HOUSE by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY |
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