A Song Poem by Joseph Brodsky

A Song

Rating: 4.1

I wish you were here, dear,
I wish you were here.
I wish you sat on the sofa
and I sat near.
The handkerchief could be yours,
the tear could be mine, chin-bound.
Though it could be, of course,
the other way around.

I wish you were here, dear,
I wish you were here.
I wish we were in my car
and you'd shift the gear.
We'd find ourselves elsewhere,
on an unknown shore.
Or else we'd repair
to where we've been before.

I wish you were here, dear,
I wish you were here.
I wish I knew no astronomy
when stars appear,
when the moon skims the water
that sighs and shifts in its slumber.
I wish it were still a quarter
to dial your number.

I wish you were here, dear,
in this hemisphere,
as I sit on the porch
sipping a beer.
It's evening, the sun is setting;
boys shout and gulls are crying.
What's the point of forgetting
if it's followed by dying?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Chaotic Life - Curly M. 09 March 2008

awww...thats really sweet

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Enoch John 18 June 2008

I'm sorry I didn't meet this great poet but anyway I like this song.Thankfully his work lives on.

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Anil Kumar Panda 10 December 2013

very nice.nice style and flow.

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Tom Allport 27 December 2016

a poem of longing for what has gone, so very sad

5 2 Reply
Edgar Stevens 10 December 2014

one nice poem i should read occasionally..

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Freni Karaluthara 20 February 2025

'I wish you were here, dear, ' reinforces the lover's emotional solitude. A Song beautifully encapsulates love's lingering presence even in absence.

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Freni Karaluthara 20 February 2025

Dear Poet, congratulations, that our poem was selected as poem oft he day. Your poem is a poignant and wistful meditation on longing and absence. Through simple yet evocative language, the poem captures the ache of missing someone.

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Kevin Patrick 19 January 2025

Thinking of this poem sparks memories of everyone I've loved and lost, even poets on this site who knowlonger post or ate gone. I wish they were all here

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Bharati Nayak 19 January 2024

So beautiful poem! ! ! ! It rhymes and touches the heart string!

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 19 January 2024

I wish you were here sitting next to me. Thoughts that reflect love and longing so beautifully penned.

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