Hoar-Frost by Amy Lowell

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend November 1, 2015   Hoar-Frost   Amy Lowell

In the cloud-grey mornings I heard the herons flying; And when I came into my garden, My silken outer-garment Trailed over withered leaves. A dried leaf crumbles at a touch, But I have seen many Autumns With herons blowing like smoke Across the sky.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “Hoar-Frost” was published in Lowell’s book Pictures of the Floating World (The Macmillan Company, 1919).   Amy Lowell was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1874. She received the Pulitzer Prize in 1926 for her book What’s O’Clock (Houghton Mifflin, 1925). Her other collections include A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass (Houghton Mifflin, 1912) and Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (The Macmillan Company, 1914). Lowell died in Massachusetts on May 12, 1925. Poetry by Lowell   Selected Poems of Amy Lowell (Rutgers University Press, 2002) "November" by Helen Hunt Jackson "An Autumn Reverie" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox "November Night" by Adelaide Crapsey Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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