Bruce Bennett

That Song

How much do I remember?
I do recall the song,
and how it played and played and played     
and played the whole day long.

And what had barely started,
and what still lay ahead,
and what we’d thought and hoped and dreamed,
and what occurred instead.

That was a long long time ago.
So much has flowed between.
Things happened to us, good and bad.
We didn’t know what they’d mean.

Things happened to us. We went on,
then parted. Right or wrong,
that was a long long time ago.
But I recall the song.
 

Bruce Bennett is the author of ten full-length collections of poetry and more than thirty poetry chapbooks. He taught English and American Literature and Creative Writing and directed the Visiting Writers Series at Wells College from 1973 until his retirement in 2014, and is now Emeritus Professor of English. His poetry website is https://justanotherdayinjustourtown.com