"Evening Song" by Willa Cather

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend Support Poem-a-Day January 5, 2020   Evening Song   Willa Cather

Dear love, what thing of all the things that be  Is ever worth one thought from you or me,               Save only Love,               Save only Love? The days so short, the nights so quick to flee,  The world so wide, so deep and dark the sea,                So dark the sea;  So far the suns and every listless star,  Beyond their light—Ah! dear, who knows how far,               Who knows how far?  One thing of all dim things I know is true,  The heart within me knows, and tells it you,               And tells it you.  So blind is life, so long at last is sleep,  And none but Love to bid us laugh or weep,               And none but Love,               And none but Love.             This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on January 5, 2020, by the Academy of American Poets. About this Poem   "Evening Song" was originally published in April Twilights (The Gorham Press, 1903).   Willa Cather was born in Virginia on December 7, 1873. She is the author of several books of prose and poetry including April Twilights, and Other Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 1923). She died in New York City on April 24, 1947. Poetry by Cather   April Twilights and Other Poems (Everyman's Library, 2013) "Whom You Love" by Joseph O. Legaspi "This Much and More" by Djuna Barnes "In the Evening" by Fenton Johnson January Guest Editor: Meg Day   Thanks to Meg Day, author of Last Psalm at Sea Level (Barrow Street, 2014), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A about Day's curatorial approach 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