Robert Frost's Letter To Helen: Widow Of Edward Thomas,1917 Poem by Ashwath Islampure

My contemporary,
from Lambeth, London
Was four years younger to me,

He was brought up there
He went to St Paul's school
then read at Oxford

he was a busy figure
and his life was busy
even then he was with you

your romance
blossomed into marriage
till this day and forever

Yes, I saw him, struggling,
Yes, I met him
we talked many things poetic;

obviously not a complete poem
similes of hard life
metaphors of WWI, Russian revolution

and many realistic
hunky-dory personifications
before I left Britain

Without anything in pocket
Without anything on paper
nothing in printing press

I had no visions of future
what may happen?
with full condolences

Such a thing
has
taken place

I would like
To add
some truths

who was ever
So completely
himself right up

to the verge of
destruction, so
sure of his thought,

So sure
of his
Word?

I want to see him,
to tell him something
What I think he liked to hear from me

That he was a poet....