Again it is September

   Again it is September! 
It seems so strange that I who made no vows
Should sit here desolate this golden weather 
And wistfully remember—

    A sigh of deepest yearning, 
A glowing look and words that knew no bounds, 
A swift response, an instant glad surrender
To kisses wild and burning! 

   Ay me! 
   Again it is September! 
It seems so strange that I who kept those vows 
Should sit here lone, and spent, and mutely praying 
That I may not remember! 

Credit

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on September 5, 2020, by the Academy of American Poets.

About this Poem

“Again it is September” originally appeared in the September 1917 issue of The Crisis