After Death Poem by Sara Teasdale

After Death

Rating: 3.4


Now while my lips are living
Their words must stay unsaid,
And will my soul remember
To speak when I am dead?

Yet if my soul remembered
You would not heed it, dear,
For now you must not listen,
And then you could not hear.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Shelley B. Keats 31 January 2005

A wry, pithy poem of exceptional merit- also very amusing.

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Julie Andrews 21 September 2007

How very ironic. Very well written, I must add.

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Bonnie Collins 01 January 2008

Very well written, and expressed, with such deep emotions till death and beyond.. Bonnie Collins

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M Asim Nehal 09 July 2016

Profound poem, I am sure even after death your fame will grow.....10

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Sinclair Rogers 25 November 2022

Ironic truth! ...when emptiness fills a home.

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Nicole Settimi 13 February 2019

' How can they shut me underneath a stone? ' - The terror from the thoughts of death, the ANXIETY which the unknown & death brings, which usually has an offspring of depression. She doesn't want to die as much as she does. It's ironic: her love for life causes her a deep insecurity over the reality that she will die, causing a depression over death which ultimately led her to kill herself. Baffling and yet, so relative. I relate so much to this.

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Amar Agarwala 03 January 2017

My heart whispers to you Words that I cannot say, Wonder if my soul would Tell you some fateful day. Long after I am dead Buried and ground to dust, Heavens will this message Reach your heart if it must. Beautiful poem like this one, can only be replied with inspiration, by another poet.

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trinity 28 September 2018

who is the author of this poem? it's so beautiful!

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Rajnish Manga 21 November 2016

Lovely philosophical thoughts and wishes that could not be expressed at the time of one's death. Loved reading the poem. Thanks.

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Sriranji Aratisankar 29 August 2016

deep and thinkable... enjoyable....

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Sara Teasdale

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Missouri / United States
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