From the Telephone by Florence Ripley Mastin

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend June 1, 2014   From the Telephone   Florence Ripley Mastin

Out of the dark cup Your voice broke like a flower. It trembled, swaying on its taut stem. The caress in its touch Made my eyes close.              This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “From the Telephone” was published in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse in August 1922.   Florence Ripley Mastin was born in Wayne, Pennsylvania, in 1886. Her work was published in the New York Times, the Saturday Review, and other national periodicals. Mastin also published several books of poetry, including Green Leaves (1918) and Cables of Cobweb (1935). She died in 1968. Poetry by Mastin   Green Leaves (Nabu Press, 2011) “A Lover” by Amy Lowell “Marriage” by William Carlos Williams “Heat” by H. D. Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. 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.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038