startling banals

18 April 2008

The Look -Sara Teasdale

Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.

Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
Robin's lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin's eyes
Haunts me night and day.

7 Comments:

OMG! Did you write this?
Its so beautiful!
Anonymous Anonymous, at 18.4.08  
isn't it nice :)
it's by Sara Teasdale. try the link. her poems are on project gutenburg.
Blogger anish, at 20.4.08  
Sure! Thanks!
Anonymous Anonymous, at 20.4.08  
anish, thanks for your comment on my blog. yours is very interesting. are you from iitb? do i know you?
Blogger old fable teller, me..., at 1.5.08  
i came to your blog via sreejitha's blog. i am sorry i thought you were bindu (bindulaxmi) from sociology! i was on campus from 1999 to 2005 doing bTech in engineering physics. thank you for visting :)
Blogger anish, at 1.5.08  
bravo my lad....bravo
Blogger Hitesh, at 2.5.08  
hitesh kumar!
pairipauna sirjee!! :)
Blogger anish, at 2.5.08  

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