On A Wedding Anniversary

Dylan ThomasDylan Thomas

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The sky is torn across
This ragged anniversary of two
Who moved for three years in tune
Down the long walks of their vows.Now their love lies a loss
And Love and his patients roar on a chain;
From every tune or crater
Carrying cloud, Death strikes their house.Too late in the wrong rain
They come together whom their love parted:
The windows pour into their heart
And the doors burn in their brain.
Dylan Thomas
About the poet

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas was born on October 27, 1914, in Swansea, South Wales. His father was an English Literature professor at the local grammar school and would often recite Shakespeare, fortifying Thomas's love for the rhythmic ballads of Gerard Manley Hopki…

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