518. A Quoi Bon Dire by Charlotte Mew
Charlotte Mew read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n \n---------------------------------------------\n \nA Quoi Bon Dire\nby Charlotte Mew(1869 \u2013 1928)\n \n \nSeventeen years ago you said\nSomething that sounded like Good-bye;\nAnd everybody thinks that you are dead,\nBut I. \n \nSo I, as I grow stiff and cold\nTo this and that say Good-bye too;\nAnd everybody sees that I am old\nBut you. \n \nAnd one fine morning in a sunny lane\nSome boy and girl will meet and kiss and swear\nThat nobody can love their way again\nWhile over there\nYou will have smiled, I shall have tossed your hair. \n \n \n\nFirst aired: 28 May 2008\n\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\n\nReading \xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009