WHEN I am dead and over me bright April

Shakes out her rain-drenched hair,

Tho’ you should lean above me broken-hearted,

I shall not care.

I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful

When rain bends down the bough,

And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted

Than you are now.

 

Many have said that this poem by Sara Teasdale was her suicide note

But it was written some eighteen years before her suicide

The poem is called I Shall not Care

This was Richards favourite poem she kept a copy

In a silver box on her bedside table

Opposite her bed was a photograph of Sara Teasdale

Which had been captured in 1907

Richard wanted to share her sleep with the poet

But had noticed that her skin was turning blue

There was no reason for this and the condition baffled the doctors

They recommended strong sunlight so she went to California

 

 

 

 

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