The Sacred by Stephen Dunn (and request)

[pyreneeees]

I have a request and a poem. The request: my friend remembers a poem about spring where there's a line like, "I think I will not kill (or hang) myself this year." Does anyone know what it is? We're dying to find out.

The Sacred
by Stephen Dunn
After the teacher asked if anyone had
a sacred place
and the students fidgeted and shrank
in their chairs, the

Comments

[fullofsparks]

You might be thinking of G. K. Chesterton's A Ballade of SuicideThe gallows in my garden, people say

[pyreneeees]

We thought of that, but we actually think it might be more contemporary. Hmmm.

[bleodswean]

omfg. That poem!!!

[que__serasera]

oh man i remember what poem your friend means but i can't remember any specifics either. i scoured around and still couldn't find it. i am going to keep looking. i know this isn't the right one, but it's kinda close for in the meantime:

Dorothy Parker, “Cherry White”

I never see that prettiest thing-
A cherry bough gone white with Spring-
But what I think, “How gay ‘twould be
To hang me from a flowering tree.”

[que__serasera]

ugh i still can't find it and it is driving me CRAZY. pleeease update me if y'all figure it out