"Odi et Amo"? Poem by Robert B. Shaw

"Odi et Amo"?



She left. And still, he sat and wrote about
how he could not live with her nor without.
Hatred and love contended in his lyric.
Whichever won, the victory was Pyrrhic.

Robert B. Shaw
Monday, June 5, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: lyric
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