Poem-A-Day: El Beso by Angelina Weld Grimké

January 11, 2014 El Beso by Angelina Weld Grimké   Twilight--and you  Quiet--the stars;  Snare of the shine of your teeth,  Your provocative laughter,  The gloom of your hair;  Lure of you, eye and lip;  Yearning, yearning,  Languor, surrender;  Your mouth,  And madness, madness,  Tremulous, breathless, flaming,  The space of a sigh;  Then awakening--remembrance,  Pain, regret--your sobbing;  And again, quiet--the stars,  Twilight--and you.     Today's poem is in the public domain. About This Poem  Angelina Weld Grimké's "El Beso" was first published in 1909 and became Grimké's first widely anthologized poem. This lyric meditation expresses a sense of isolation and desire. Poetry by Grimké Selected Works of Angelina Weld Grimke (Oxford University Press, 1991)         Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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.     Angelina Weld Grimké was born on February 27, 1880, in Boston. In addition to being a poet, she was one of the first African American women to have a play publicly performed. Grimké died in 1958.   Related Poems At a Dinner Party by Amy Levy  an endnote and love song: by Erín Moure  To George Sand: A Desire by Elizabeth Barrett Browning  __________________________ 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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