Thoughts While Walking by Maxwell Bodenheim

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend January 21, 2017   Thoughts While Walking   Maxwell Bodenheim

A steel hush freezes the trees. It is my mind stretched to stiff lace, And draped on high wide thoughts.   My soul is a large sallow park And people walk on it, as they do on the park before me. They numb my levelness with dumb feet, Yet I cannot even hate them.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Thoughts While Walking" was published in Volume 3, Number 4 of Others in December 1916.   Maxwell Bodenheim was born in 1892 in Hermanville, Mississippi. He published numerous books of poetry including, Introducing Irony (Boni and Liveright, 1922) and Returning to Emotion (Boni and Liveright, 1927). He died on February 6, 1954. Poetry by Bodenheim   Minna and Myself (Leopold Classic Library, 2015) "Francesca" by Ezra Pound "Voyages II" by Hart Crane "A Grave" by Marianne Moore Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. If you enjoy Poem-a-Day, please consider making a donation to help make it possible. 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