Amavimus, Amamus, Amabimus

by Alfred Edward Housman — a poem card from Justes Mots

A three-part meditation on loss using the myth of Persephone, moving from golden memory through white death to spiritual reunion. The poem transforms grief into acceptance through classical allusion and cyclical structure. Appropriate for those grieving a beloved, finding solace in the possibility of eternal connection.

Persephone, Persephone!
Still I fancy I can see
Thee amid the daffodils.
Golden wealth thy basket fills;
Golden blossoms at thy breast;
Golden hair that shames the West;
Golden sunlight round thy head!
Ah! the golden years have fled;…

Themes: sympathy · grief · love · reflection