Swallows by Leonora Speyer

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend March 29, 2015   Swallows   Leonora Speyer

They dip their wings in the sunset, They dash against the air As if to break themselves upon its stillness: In every movement, too swift to count, Is a revelry of indecision, A furtive delight in trees they do not desire And in grasses that shall not know their weight.   They hover and lean toward the meadow With little edged cries; And then, As if frightened at the earth’s nearness, They seek the high austerity of evening sky And swirl into its depth.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “Swallows” was published in Speyer’s book A Canopic Jar (E. P. Dutton & Company, 1921).   Leonora Speyer was born in Washington D.C. in 1872. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1927 for her collection Fiddler’s Farewell (1926). Speyer died in 1956. Poetry by Speyer   A Canopic Jar (Hardpress Publishing, 2012) "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens "Evening Hawk" by Robert Penn Warren "Hope is the thing with feathers (254)" by Emily Dickinson Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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