Love in the Morning by Annie Finch

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend June 20, 2014   Love in the Morning   Annie Finch

Morning’s a new bird stirring against me out of a quiet nest, coming to flight— quick-changing, slow-nodding, breath-filling body, life-holding, waiting, clean as clear water, warmth-given, fire-driven kindling companion, mystery and mountain, dark-rooted, earth-anchored.            Copyright @ 2014 by Annie Finch. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “‘Love in the Morning’ was written in a spirit of sensual gratitude. The poem unites the four elements to celebrate male sexuality.” —Annie Finch   Annie Finch is the author of Spells: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan University Press, 2013). She teaches online in the Poetcraft Circles and lives in Portland, Maine. Most Recent Book by Finch   Spells: New and Selected Poems  (Wesleyan University Press, 2013) “The Problem of Hands” by Louise Mathias “Continuity” by A. R. Ammons “Driven by a Strange Desire” by Mónica de la Torre Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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