A cento, or a poem written by using lines taken from the poems of others. This took three books of poetry and probably three days.

Unreturned

I mark the ranklings of unrequited love
So huge, so hopeless to conceive

I stop somewhere, to wait for you
Between the darkness and the daylight

My hopes were heaven-high
A wave of longing through my body swept

And I thought of myself so sad and lone
I turned aside and bowed my head and wept

10.29.2008

Works Cited

‘I sit and look out’ – Walt Whitman
‘My life closed twice before its close’ – Emily Dickinson

‘Song of Myself’ – Walt Whitman
‘The Children’s Hour’ – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

'Peace' – Sara Treasdale
'The Tropics in New York' – Claude McKay

'The Lesson' – Paul Laurence Dunbar
'The Tropics in New York' – Claude McKay

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