"Fishmonger" by Marsden Hartley

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend February 3, 2019   Fishmonger   Marsden Hartley

I have taken scales from off The cheeks of the moon. I have made fins from bluejays' wings, I have made eyes from damsons in the shadow. I have taken flushes from the peachlips in the sun. From all these I have made a fish of heaven for you, Set it swimming on a young October sky. I sit on the bank of the stream and watch The grasses in amazement As they turn to ashy gold. Are the fishes from the rainbow Still beautiful to you, For whom they are made, For whom I have set them, Swimming?            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Fishmonger" was published in Others for 1919: An Anthology of the New Verse (Nicholas L. Brown, 1920).   Marsden Hartley was born on January 4, 1877, in Lewiston, Maine. Known for his renowned expressionist paintings, he also published Twenty-five Poems (Contact Press, 1923). He died on September 2, 1943, in Ellsworth, Maine. Poetry by Hartley   The Collected Poems of Marsden Hartley: 1904-1043 (Black Sparrow Press, 1987) "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop "Rhapsody" by William Stanley Braithwaite "Dream-Time" by Ella Higginson February Guest Editor: Clint Smith   Thanks to Clint Smith, author of Counting Descent (Write Bloody Publishing, 2016), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A with Smith about his curatorial approach this month and find out more about our guest editors for the year. 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