"Faith” by Arthur Caswell Parker

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend Support Poem-a-Day November 30, 2019   Faith   Arthur Caswell Parker

There is a faith that weakly dies When overcast by clouds of doubt, That like a blazing wisp of straw A vagrant breeze will flicker out.   Be mine the faith whose living flame Shall pierce the clouds and banish night, Whose glow the hurricanes increase To match the gleams of heaven's night.            This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on November 30, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets. About this Poem   "Faith" was originally published in American Indian Magazine, no. 4, 2 (October-December 1916).   Arthur Caswell Parker was born in 1881 on the Cattaraugus Reservation in New York. He published under his Seneca name Gawasa Wanneh or Alnoba Wabunaki, and in 1911 was one of the founders of the Society of American Indians where he served as secretary and president. From 1925 until 1946, he worked as director of the Rochester Museum. He died in 1955. "Slowly in Prayer" by Matthew Lippman "A Prayer to Talk to Animals" by Nickole Brown "Prayer for Words" by N. Scott Momaday November Guest Editor: Sherwin Bitsui   Thanks to Sherwin Bitsui, author of Dissolve (Copper Canyon Press, 2018), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month's weekdays. Read a Q&A with Bitsui about his 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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