"This Much and More" by Djuna Barnes

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend January 12, 2019   This Much and More   Djuna Barnes

If my lover were a comet Hung in air, I would braid my leaping body In his hair. Yea, if they buried him ten leagues Beneath the loam, My fingers they would learn to dig And I'd plunge home!            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "This Much and More" was published in All-Story Cavalier Weekly on September 4, 1915.   Djuna Barnes was born on June 12, 1892, in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. Her works include The Book of Repulsive Women (Bruno Chap Books, 1915) and Nightwood (Faber and Faber, 1937). She died on June 18, 1982, in New York City. Poetry by Barnes   The Book of Repulsive Women and Other Poems (Carcanet Press, 2006) "Potpourri" by Lola Ridge "Undressing You" by Witter Bynner "El Beso" by Angelina Weld Grimké January Guest Editor: TC Tolbert   Thanks to TC Tolbert, author of Gephyromania (Ahsahta Press, 2014), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A with Tolbert about their curating 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