Canticle by William Griffith

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend August 23, 2014   Canticle   William Griffith

Devoutly worshipping the oak Wherein the barred owl stares, The little feathered forest folk Are praying sleepy prayers. Praying the summer to be long And drowsy to the end, And daily full of sun and song, That broken hopes may mend. Praying the golden age to stay Until the whip-poor-will Appoints a windy moving day, And hurries from the hill.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “Canticle” was originally published in Griffith’s collection City Pastorals (James T. White & Company, 1918).   William Griffith was born in Memphis, Montana, in 1878. He was a poet, prominent newspaper journalist, and editor. His books of poetry include City Views and Visions (Moffat, Yard & Company, 1911). Griffith died in 1936. Poetry by Griffith   City Pastorals, and Other Poems (HardPress Publishing, 2012) "The Secret of Light" by James Wright "Mowing" by Robert Frost "Summer in the South" by Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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