{"id":187208,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/187208-alone-poem-by-mary-teasdale-1920","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/187208","headline":"\"Alone \"|| Poem by Mary Teasdale (1920)","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am alone, in spite of love,\u003cbr\u003eIn spite of all I take and give—\u003cbr\u003eIn spite of all your tenderness,\u003cbr\u003eSometimes I am not glad to live.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am alone, as though I stood\u003cbr\u003eOn the highest peak of the tired gray world,\u003cbr\u003eAbout me only swirling snow,\u003cbr\u003eAbove me, endless space unfurled;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith earth hidden and heaven hidden,\u003cbr\u003eAnd only my own spirit's pride\u003cbr\u003eTo keep me from the peace of those\u003cbr\u003eWho are not lonely, having died.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"I am alone, in spite of love,In spite of all I take and give—In spite of all your tenderness,Sometimes I am not glad to live.I am alone, as though I stoodOn the highest peak of the tired gray world,About me only swirling snow,Above me, endless space unfurled;With earth hidden and heaven hidden,And only my own spirit's prideTo keep me from the peace of thoseWho are not lonely, having died.","published_at":"2026-09-24T10:24:02-07:00","updated_at":"2026-09-24T10:25:56-07:00","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 Sep/24/2026 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":2,"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/187208-alone-poem-by-mary-teasdale-1920","headline":"\"Alone \"|| Poem by Mary Teasdale (1920)","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":"2026-09-24T10:24:02-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":2}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}