Garden Under Lightning by Leonora Speyer

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend October 31, 2015   Garden Under Lightning   Leonora Speyer

(Ghost-Story)   Out of the storm that muffles shining night Flash roses ghastly-sweet, And lilies far too pale. There is a pang of livid light, A terror of familiarity, I see a dripping swirl of leaves and petals That I once tended happily, Borders of flattened, frightened little things, And writhing paths I surely walked in that other life— Day?   My specter-garden beckons to me, Gibbers horribly— And vanishes!            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “Garden Under Lightning” 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 (Knopf, 1926). Speyer died in 1956. Poetry by Speyer   A Canopic Jar (E. P. Dutton & Company, 1921) "Sea Rose" by H. D. "All Hallows Night" by Lizette Woodworth Reese "Theme in Yellow" by Carl Sandburg Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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