"Habit" by Hazel Hall

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend Support Poem-a-Day November 2, 2019   Habit   Hazel Hall

Last night when my work was done, And my estranged hands Were becoming mutually interested In such forgotten things as pulses, I looked out of a window Into a glittering night sky. And instantly I began to feather-stitch a ring around the moon.            This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on November 2, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets. About this Poem   "Habit" was published in Curtains (John Lane Company, 1921).   Hazel Hall was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1886. She is the author of Curtains (John Lane Company, 1921), and Cry of Time (E.P. Dutton & co., inc, 1928), which was collected by her sister and published posthumously. Hall died in Portland, Oregon, in 1924. Poetry by Hall   Curtains (BiblioLife, 2009)  "Thinking of Work" by James Shea "In the gloaming, in the roiling night" by Ruth Awad "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden 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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