Poem A Day – Dec. 24, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Sea-Heroes
H.D.
Crash on crash of the sea,
straining to wreck men; sea-boards, continents,
raging against the world, furious,
stay at last, for against your fury
and your ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Nov. 23, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Hermes of the Ways
H.D.
I
The hard sand breaks,
And the grains of it
Are clear as wine.
Far off over the leagues of it,
The wind,
Playing on the wide shore,
Piles little ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Aug. 29, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Sea Lily
H.D.
Reed,
slashed and torn
but doubly rich –
such great heads as yours
drift upon temple-steps,
but you are shattered
in the wind.
Myrtle-bark
is flecked ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – April 12, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Mid-Day
H.D.
The light beats upon me.
I am startled –
a split leaf crackles on the paved floor –
I am anguished – defeated.
A slight wind shakes the seed-pods ... Continue Reading →
Poem a Day – 09-21-2014
Poem a Day: New and classic poems provided by the Academy of American Poets
The Wind Sleepers
H.D.
Whiter
than the crust
left by the tide,
we are stung by the hurled sand
and the broken ... Continue Reading →
