A Friend Died In Me Tonight Poem by Dennis Ryan

A Friend Died In Me Tonight



August 15,2008; 11 p.m.; minor changes in punctuation, Thursday morning, May 17, 2023 at 8 a.m.

—for Karen Cuccio, Friday morning, February 3,2023

A friend died
in me tonight,
a bitter, grievous
death it was amidst
many an "I told you so"
for that lost friend.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: death,feelings,friend,friendship,life and death,lifespan,losing friends,loss,memory,metaphor,relationships,women,men,psychology,death of a friend
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The speaker of the poem bitterly grieves the loss of a friend which feels like a death at the time,
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dennis Ryan 13 February 2019

Kostas, thanks for reading the poem and for your comment. Another short poem, " While Cutting Ginger For Tea" concerns this same friend.

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Kostas Lagos 13 February 2019

Friends capture a piece of our soul. When they leave, they take it with them. Loved this poem

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Wellsville, New York
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