Poem-A-Day: Austerity by Janet Loxley Lewis

November 23, 2013 Austerity by Janet Loxley Lewis     From "Cold Hills"       I have lived so long On the cold hills alone ... I loved the rock And the lean pine trees, Hated the life in the turfy meadow,  Hated the heavy, sensuous bees. I have lived so long Under the high monotony of starry skies, I am so cased about With the clean wind and the cold nights,  People will not let me in To their warm gardens Full of bees.         Today's poem is in the public domain.  About This Poem Known mostly as a writer of historical novels, Janet Loxley Lewis began her career as a poet. These early poems concentrate on strong, vivid imagery and are often praised for their rhythmic lyricism. Poetry by Lewis The Selected Poems of Janet Lewis (Swallow Press, 2000)                Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day Archive.     Janet Loxley Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 17, 1899. She attended the University of Chicago, where she was an active member of the University of Chicago Poetry Club and met her future husband, the poet Yvor Winters. She taught at both Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley. Lewis died in 1998, at the age of ninety-nine.   Related Poems Garden of Bees by Matthew Rohrer The Garden Year by Sara Coleridge Digging Potatoes, Sebago, Maine by Amy E. King  __________________________ Love reading Poem-A-Day? Help support it today.     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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