Poem-A-Day: The Night Migrations by Louise Glück

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The Night Migrations by Louise Glück   This is the moment when you see again the red berries of the mountain ash and in the dark sky the birds' night migrations. It grieves me to think the dead won't see them-- these things we depend on, they disappear. What will the soul do for solace then? I tell myself maybe it won't need these pleasures anymore; maybe just not being is simply enough, hard as that is to imagine. From Averno by Louise Glück, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Copyright (c) 2006 by Louise Glück. Reprinted with permission of the publisher. Work by Louise Glück   Poems 1962-2012 December 10, 2012 Louise Glück has been the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her Collected Poems 1962-2012 was published in November by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Ecco Press. More by this author Vespers October (section I) A Myth of Devotion Poem-A-Day started as a National Poetry Month program in 2006, delivering daily poems from newly-published poetry titles.   Due to popular demand, Poem-A-Day became a year-round program in 2010, featuring original, never-before-published poems by contemporary poets on weekdays, and classic poems on weekends.   Browse the Poem-A-Day archive for selections since 2010.  Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem In Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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