"Let It Be Forgotten" by Sara Teasdale

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend Support Poem-a-Day December 1, 2019   Let It Be Forgotten   Sara Teasdale

Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,    Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold, Let it be forgotten for ever and ever,    Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.    If anyone asks, say it was forgotten    Long and long ago, As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall    In a long forgotten snow.              This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on December 1, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets. About this Poem   "Let It Be Forgotten" was originally published in Flame and Shadow (The Macmillan Company, 1920).   Sara Trevor Teasdale was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1884. She is the author of Love Songs (The Macmillan Company, 1917), winner of the Columbia University Poetry Society Prize (which later became the Pulitzer Prize for poetry) and the Poetry Society of America Prize. She died in 1933. Poetry by Teasdale   Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale (Macmillan, 1937) "The Amenities" by Catherine Barnett "Flame-Heart" by Claude McKay "I Met My Solitude" by Naomi Replansky December Guest Editor: Paisley Rekdal   Thanks to Paisley Rekdal, author of Nightingale (Copper Canyon Press, 2019), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A with Rekdal about her curatorial approach this month and find out more about our guest editors for the year.  A culture break, a source of daily renewal...   If reading Poem-a-Day has become a meaningful part of your day, please consider supporting this free series with a donation. Your gift makes publishing Poem-a-Day 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   Unsubscribe here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038

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