Poem-A-Day: A Violin at Dusk by Lizette Woodworth Reese

November 16, 2013 A Violin at Dusk by Lizette Woodworth Reese     Stumble to silence, all you uneasy things,  That pack the day with bluster and with fret.  For here is music at each window set;  Here is a cup which drips with all the springs  That ever bud a cowslip flower; a roof  To shelter till the argent weathers break;  A candle with enough of light to make  My courage bright against each dark reproof.  A hand's width of clear gold, unraveled out  The rosy sky, the little moon appears;  As they were splashed upon the paling red,  Vast, blurred, the village poplars lift about.  I think of young, lost things: of lilacs; tears;  I think of an old neighbor, long since dead.          Today's poem is in the public domain.  About This Poem Lizette Woodworth Reese's poetry often evokes images of her rural childhood. This imagery along with her condensed form and colloquial language influenced younger poets, including Edna St. Vincent Millay and Louise Bogan.  Poetry by Reese A Branch of May: Poems by Lizette Woodworth Reese (Nabu Press, 2010)                Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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.     Lizette Woodworth Reese was born and raised in Maryland, and worked as an English teacher in Baltimore for nearly fifty years. Her first poetry collection, A Branch of May (1887), established Reese as an important literary figure of her time. During her life, she published nine volumes of poetry, two long narrative poems, two memoirs, and one novel. She died on December 17, 1935.   Related Poems The Guitar by Federico García Lorca Remembered Light by Clark Ashton Smith Piano by D. H. Lawrence __________________________ 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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