{"id":173050,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/173050-the-eyes-of-my-regret-poem-by-angelina-weld-grimke-1927","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/173050","headline":"The Eyes of My Regret || Poem by Angelina Weld Grimké (1927)","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlways at dusk, the same tearless experience, \u003cbr\u003eThe same dragging of feet up the same well-worn path \u003cbr\u003eTo the same well-worn rock; \u003cbr\u003eThe same crimson or gold dropping away of the sun \u003cbr\u003eThe same tints—rose, saffron, violet, lavender, grey \u003cbr\u003eMeeting, mingling, mixing mistily; \u003cbr\u003eBefore me the same blue black cedar rising jaggedly to a point; \u003cbr\u003eOver it, the same slow unlidding of twin stars, \u003cbr\u003eTwo eyes, unfathomable, soul-searing, \u003cbr\u003eWatching, watching—watching me; \u003cbr\u003eThe same two eyes that draw me forth, against my will dusk after dusk; \u003cbr\u003eThe same two eyes that keep me sitting late into the night, chin on knees \u003cbr\u003eKeep me there lonely, rigid, tearless, numbly miserable, \u003cbr\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The eyes of my Regret. \u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This poem was published in 1927, it is in the public domain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"Always at dusk, the same tearless experience, The same dragging of feet up the same well-worn path To the same well-worn rock; The same crimson or gold dropping away of the sun The same tints—rose, saffron, violet, lavender, grey Meeting, mingling, mixing mistily; Before me the same blue black cedar rising jaggedly to a point; Over it, the same slow unlidding of twin stars, Two eyes, unfathomable, soul-searing, Watching, watching—watching me; The same two eyes that draw me forth, against my will dusk after dusk; The same two eyes that keep me sitting late into the night, chin on knees Keep me there lonely, rigid, tearless, numbly miserable,        The eyes of my Regret.   This poem was published in 1927, it is in the public domain.","published_at":"2026-08-27T03:04:00-07:00","updated_at":"2026-07-23T22:40:47-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Poetry Alley on Kudos365. View their post published Aug/27/2026 on Poetry. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"post","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","likes_count":14,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/173050-the-eyes-of-my-regret-poem-by-angelina-weld-grimke-1927","headline":"The Eyes of My Regret || Poem by Angelina Weld Grimké (1927)","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"datePublished":"2026-08-27T03:04:00-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":14}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}