Tin Nguyen Poet Rhyme

Eden, Not That I Am Better

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
                    - Robert Frost

“Nothing gold can stay”
To my and Frost’s dismay.
When leaf subsides,
I see green with inward eyes.
Eden will sink to grief
Like she has done before.
Love is her tragedy;
She favored beauty more.

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Andrea Dietrich March 31, 2010 at 3:21 PM very interesting. Before I saw Frost's name, I was thinking, wow a really good poet here, but your followup poem was not disappointing! LUv, andrea

Carol Sunshine Brown March 31, 2010 at 2:25 PM Good afternoon Tin, I enjoyed reading your poetry today. Thank you for sharing your writing with us. Love, Carol