"Fragmentary Blue" by Robert Frost

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend February 2, 2019   Fragmentary Blue   Robert Frost

Why make so much of fragmentary blue In here and there a bird, or butterfly, Or flower, or wearing-stone, or open eye, When heaven presents in sheets the solid hue?   Since earth is earth, perhaps, not heaven (as yet)— Though some savants make earth include the sky; And blue so far above us comes so high, It only gives our wish for blue a whet.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Fragmentary Blue" was published in New Hampshire (Henry Holt, 1923).   Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, California. He is the author of several poetry collections including Steeple Bush (Henry Holt, 1947) The Lovely Shall Be Choosers (Random House, 1929), and New Hampshire (Henry Holt, 1923). He died in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 29, 1963. Poetry by Frost   The Poetry of Robert Frost (Holt Paperbacks, 2002) "Vision from the Blue Plane-Window" by Ernesto Cardenal "The Blue Terrance" by Terrance Hayes "[Girl] [Eyes] [Foreigner]" by Caroline Crumpacker 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