LXV [Once, I knew a fine song] by Stephen Crane

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend July 25, 2015   LXV [Once, I knew a fine song]   Stephen Crane

Once, I knew a fine song, —It is true, believe me,— It was all of birds, And I held them in a basket; When I opened the wicket, Heavens! They all flew away. I cried, “Come back, little thoughts!” But they only laughed. They flew on Until they were as sand Thrown between me and the sky.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “LXV [Once, I knew a fine song]” was published in The Black Riders and Other Lines (Copeland and Day, 1896).   Stephen Crane was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1871. A prolific writer of poetry and fiction, his books include The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895) and War Is Kind (1899). He died in June of 1900. Poetry by Crane   Stephen Crane: Prose and Poetry (Library of America, 1984) "Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost "Prairie Dawn" by Willa Cather "The Thinker" by William Carlos Williams Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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