The Poetry Stash: 8July2024

Remember by Christina Georgina Rossetti

Today’s poem “Remember” by Christina Georgina Rossetti is in the public domain.

Remember by Christina Georgina Rossetti

Remember me when I am gone away,
        Gone far away into the silent land;
        When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
        You tell me of our future that you planned:
        Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
        And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
        For if the darkness and corruption leave
        A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
        Than that you should remember and be sad.

Prompts:

1.	Begin with “Remember me…”
2.	Begin with “forget me…”
3.	Draft a sonnet. To read more about sonnets, click here.
4.	Draft a poem with formal end rhyme. To read more about rhyme, click here.

5. Photo by Matheus Bertelli via pexels.com. Use the image as a writing prompt.

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