WINTERTIME REGRET • by Doug Paul Case

Only now, as I watch
the neighbor’s children
playing outside, do I
wish you were here
to make an angel in
the snow, next to mine.

Doug Paul Case studies writing, literature, and publishing at Emerson College, where he currently serves as poetry editor of The Emerson Review.

Posted on January 30, 2009 in Poems
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8 Responses to “WINTERTIME REGRET • by Doug Paul Case”


  1. Anne Brooke Says:
    January 30th, 2009 at 12:26 am

    Very poignant and a perfect length for the theme. I admire the way it stays just the right side of sentimentality.

    Axxx

  2. Robin Herrnfeld Says:
    January 30th, 2009 at 3:06 am

    Very nice, wistful regret.

  3. Joan Says:
    January 30th, 2009 at 5:50 am

    Lovely, poignant, quietly understated.

  4. dj barber Says:
    January 30th, 2009 at 10:53 am

    A sweet, but sad story, I think.

  5. Mark Charles Says:
    January 30th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    Often times short is good.

  6. Erin Says:
    January 30th, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    This was just lovely. Good imagery, and the perfect length to let us feel the longing.

  7. Jonathan Pinnock Says:
    January 30th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    Beautiful economy of words.

  8. Rumjhum Says:
    January 31st, 2009 at 1:22 am

    I totally agree with Jonathan. :-)

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