William Saint George

Feb 28, 2013 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Farewell February

Thank you,
when what you gave was not enough
it was enough
that you gave.

It has been fun,
and laughter
and pain.

So long,
farewell
until we meet again.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Saying goodbye to a month, and to a certain Pope.

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Ghana, GHA

Favorite Poets: William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Henry Longfellow, William Yates, Ezra Pound, Sylvia Plath

Comments

Starlight

12 years 4 months ago

Lovely

straight forward, simplicity. It's the perfect farewell poem.

William Saint George

12 years 4 months ago

Thanks for the kind word.

Thanks for the kind word. Very grateful.

William Saint George

12 years 4 months ago

Thanks Beau. I put some

Thanks Beau. I put some effort in making this as to-the-point as possible. The effect is clean and charming.

weirdelf

12 years 4 months ago

It was Sergei Eisenstein who said, of the art of film,

"it is the ruthless elimination of the inessential". I have often quoted that in relation to poetry.

This sums that up perfectly. A beautifully succinct and meaningful poem.

William Saint George

12 years 4 months ago

I followed the advice, and

I followed the advice, and wanted a poem that just said what I wanted to day, without the needless decoration.

I'm glad you liked it. I'll be doing more the the ruthless elimination from now on.

Thanks Jess :)

Rula

12 years 4 months ago

the lightest

and right to the point I read for a while and know what?
it is soooooooo true.

William Saint George

12 years 4 months ago

Thanks so much for the kind

Thanks so much for the kind comment Rula.

Frenchf

12 years 4 months ago

Brevity and clarity

Personified your great lines

William Saint George

12 years 4 months ago

Thanks for the comment. The

Thanks for the comment. The point was made.