“A child, then a man, now a feather / Passing through a furious fire / Called time.” MenChildrenGriefFirePassingPassingsFeathersFuriousPassing Through Book:Elegy: poems Source: Elegy: poems
“You are reduced / To the after-sorrow / That will last my lifetime. The hair-tearing / Grief of the mother / Whose child has been swept away.” ChildrenHas BeensLastsMotherGriefHairSorrowLifetimeSwept Away Book:Elegy: poems Source: Elegy: poems
