"Shards" by Aline Murray Kilmer

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I can never remake the thing I have destroyed;    I brushed the golden dust from the moth's bright wing, I called down wind to shatter the cherry-blossoms,    I did a terrible thing.   I feared that the cup might fall, so I flung it from me;    I feared that the bird might fly, so I set it free; I feared that the dam might break, so I loosed the river:    May its waters cover me.                This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Shards" was published in Vigils (George H. Doran Company, 1921).   Aline Murray Kilmer was born in 1888 in Virginia. She was the author of Candles That Burn (George H. Doran Company, 1919) and Vigils (George H. Doran Company, 1921), among other books. She died in 1941 in New Jersey. "Untitled [Do you still remember: falling stars]" by Rainer Maria Rilke "What I'm telling you [excerpt]" by Shara McCallum "Come Slowly—Eden (211)" by Emily Dickinson May Guest Editor: Matthew Shenoda   Thanks to Matthew Shenoda, author of Tahrir Suite: Poems (TriQuarterly Books, 2014), who curated Poem-a-Day this month. Read more about Shenoda and our guest editors for the year. 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 Poem-a-Day is the only digital series publishing new, previously unpublished work by today's poets each weekday morning.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