Lacquer Prints [By Messenger] by Amy Lowell

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend November 26, 2016   Lacquer Prints [By Messenger]   Amy Lowell

One night When there was a clear moon, I sat down To write a poem About maple trees. But the dazzle of moonlight In the ink Blinded me, And I could only write What I remembered. Therefore, on the wrapping of my poem I have inscribed your name.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Lacquer Prints [By Messenger]" was published in Volume 2, Number 6 of The Seven Arts in October of 1917.   Amy Lowell was born on February 9, 1874, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her collections of poetry include A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912) and What's O'Clock (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925), which won the Pulitzer Prize. She died on May 12, 1925. Poetry by Lowell   Selected Poems of Amy Lowell (Rutgers University Press, 2002)  "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound "August Morning, Upper Broadway" by Alicia Ostriker "Moon Gathering" by Eleanor Wilner Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. 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