"A Lazy Day" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend August 13, 2017   A Lazy Day   Paul Laurence Dunbar

The trees bend down along the stream,    Where anchored swings my tiny boat. The day is one to drowse and dream    And list the thrush's throttling note. When music from his bosom bleeds Among the river's rustling reeds.   No ripple stirs the placid pool,    When my adventurous line is cast, A truce to sport, while clear and cool,    The mirrored clouds slide softly past. The sky gives back a blue divine, And all the world's wide wealth is mine.   A pickerel leaps, a bow of light, The minnows shine from side to side. The first faint breeze comes up the tide— I pause with half uplifted oar, While night drifts down to claim the shore.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "A Lazy Day" was published in Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1905).   Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in 1872, in Dayton, Ohio. His collections of poetry include Lyrics of Love and Laughter (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903) and Poems of Cabin and Field (Dodd, Mead & Co., 1899). He died in 1906. Poetry by Dunbar   The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar (University of Virginia Press, 1993) "To Joseph Lee" by Angelina Weld Grimké "Heritage" by Claude McKay "Life is Fine" by Langston Hughes Help Support Poem-a-Day   If you value Poem-a-Day, please consider a monthly donation or one-time gift to help make it possible. Poem-a-Day is the only digital series publishing new, previously unpublished work by today's poets each weekday morning. The free series, which also features a curated selection of classic poems on weekends, reaches 450,000+ readers daily. Thank you! 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