Babette Deutsch. Tak for Sidst. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Tak for Sidst

By Babette Deutsch


To C. S. “GOOD-BYE,” you said, and your voice was an echo, a promise.
You turned to go, a grey iron ghost.
The night took you.
Insubstantial as air, stronger than iron,
You were here and had gone.	5
Your voice was an omen, an echo.