Thursday, January 1, 2004

If I Should Learn, In Some Quite Casual Way Comments

Rating: 3.2

IF I should learn, in some quite casual way,
That you were gone, not to return again—
Read from the back-page of a paper, say,
Held by a neighbor in a subway train,
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Colleen Courtney 17 May 2014

This piece just tugs at the heartstrings and brings a tear to the eye. Can feel the subjects desire to disbelieve what is so sadly true. Love this poem.

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Clare Mills 22 March 2008

This poem reaches into your soul and twists your heart so that you feel every moment of the situation, it speaks to you on such an intimate level that you can put yourself in the poets place. It made me cry.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Rockland / Maine / United States
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