On a Wedding Anniversary
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Wedding Anniversary
Written for a wedding anniversary, this short poem frames the occasion ironically: the anniversary exposes a relationship grown apart. Thomas stages a reunion that is belated and devastated, using weather and violence to suggest emotional rupture, loss, and the permanence of separation. Rather than a celebration, the poem treats the anniversary as a moment when past vows are revealed as worn and when love’s absence is made painfully visible.
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