(August 11, 1897 – February 4, 1970 / Maine)

poet Louise Bogan
#254 on top 500 poets

Poems of Louise Bogan

1. A Tale 1/3/2003
2. Betrothed 1/13/2003
3. Cassandra 4/15/2010
4. Chanson Un Peu Naïve 1/13/2003
5. Epitaph for a Romantic Woman 1/3/2003
6. Juan's Song 1/13/2003
7. Knowledge 1/13/2003
8. Last Hill in a Vista 1/3/2003
9. Leave-Taking 4/15/2010
10. Man Alone 1/13/2003
11. Medusa 1/3/2003
12. Men Loved Wholly Beyond Wisdom 1/3/2003
13. Portrait 1/3/2003
14. Roman Fountain 1/13/2003
15. Solitary Observation Brought Back from a Sojourn in Hell 1/3/2003
16. Song For The Last Act 1/13/2003
17. Sonnet 1/13/2003
18. Statue And Birds 4/15/2010
19. Tears In Sleep 1/3/2003
20. The Alchemist 1/3/2003

A Tale

This youth too long has heard the break
Of waters in a land of change.
He goes to see what suns can make
From soil more indurate and strange.

He cuts what holds his days together
And shuts him in, as lock on lock:
The arrowed vane announcing weather,
The tripping racket of a clock;

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