Some of my favourite Poems/quotes from Margaret Atwood's "Dearly"
"Were things good then?
Yes. They were good.
Did you know they were good?
At the time? Your time?
No, because I was worrying
or maybe hungry
or asleep, half of those hours." ("Salt" Margaret Atwood)
"I can remember buying it
and you can remember that I once
remembered: I remembered
something for you. " ("Souvenirs" Margaret Atwood)
"It’s an old word, fading now.
Dearly did I wish.
Dearly did I long for.
I loved him dearly." ("Dearly" Margaret Atwood)
"I miss the missing, those who left earlier.
I miss even those who are still here.
I miss you all dearly.
Dearly do I sorrow for you.
Sorrow:
that’s another word
you don’t hear much any more.
I sorrow dearly." ("Dearly" Margaret Atwood)
Well anyway
I held your hand and maybe
you held mine
as the stone or universe closed in
around you.
Though not me. I’m still outside. ("Within" Margaret Atwood)
"Hearts hurt." ("The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage" Margaret Atwood)
Yes, it was a betrayal,
but not of you.
Only of some idea you’d had
of them, soft-lit and mystic,
with snowfall sifting down
and a mauve December sunset.. ("The Betrayal" Margaret Atwood)
What if I said No Thank You
to Mr. Musician God,
to sex for favours?
What if I stayed right here?
Right in my narrowing hometown
(which will later be burned down)
thinking of others first
and being manless and pitiable? ("Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift" Margaret Atwood)
These were the kinds of stories
we used to tell. They were comforting in a way
because they said
everyone has to be somewhere.
But the dear ones, where are they?
Where? Where? After a while
You sound like a bird.
You stop, but the sorrow goes on calling.
It leaves you and flies out
over the cold night fields,
searching and searching,
over the rivers,
over the emptied air. ("The Dear Ones" Margaret Atwood)
You can read this poems here and then decide which one is your favorite one:
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