Poem-a-Day - "From Brooklyn" by Evelyn Scott

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift this National Poetry Month to share poems year-round and help us reach our $100,000 fundraising goal.
April 17, 2022 

From Brooklyn

Evelyn Scott

Along the shore
A black net of branches
Tangles the pulpy yellow lamps.
The shell-colored sky is lustrous with the fading sun.
Across the river Manhattan floats—
Dim gardens of fire—
And rushing invisible toward me through the fog,
A hurricane of faces.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on April 17, 2022, by the Academy of American Poets.

Subscribe to the Poem-a-Day Podcast 

  

“From Brooklyn” appeared in Precipitations (Nicholas L. Brown, 1920).

Evelyn Scott, born Elsie Dunn on January 17, 1893, in Clarksville, Tennessee, was a novelist, poet, playwright, and children’s author from the Modernist movement. She was the author of many books, including The Narrow House (Boni & Liveright, 1921). She died on August 3, 1963.

Precipitations
(Nicholas L. Brown, 1920)

“To Brooklyn Bridge” by Hart Crane
read more
“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Walt Whitman
read more

Thanks to Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Cast Away: Poems for Our Time (Greenwillow Books, 2021), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month’s weekdays. Listen to a Q&A about Nye’s curatorial approach and find out more about our guest editors for the year.
Copyright © 2022 The Academy of American Poets, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website.

Our mailing address is:
The Academy of American Poets
75 Maiden Lane
St #901
New York, NY 10038

Add us to your address book


View this email in your browser

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Older messages

"[since feeling is first]" by E. E. Cummings

Saturday, April 16, 2022

since feeling is first / who pays any attention Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift this National Poetry Month to share poems year-round and help us reach our

"Mr. Chairman Takes His Leave" by Rosemary Catacalos

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Whitman, you once told me, is democracy on the page, messy Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift this National Poetry Month to share poems year-round and help

We are tethered to something large and ongoing.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Poem-a-Day is a one-of-a-kind series. It reaches more readers each morning than any other poetry publication. Dear Reader, As you are one of Poem-a-Day's most dedicated readers, I'm writing to

"Mercy" by José Antonio Rodríguez

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

If you could ask the stars, / Those flickers that visit nightly, Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift this National Poetry Month to share poems year-round and

"Late Fermata" by Jenny Browne

Monday, April 11, 2022

On what would turn out to be Katie's last good day Facebook Twitter Instagram Poem-a-Day is reader-supported. Make a special gift this National Poetry Month to share poems year-round and help us

You Might Also Like

patisserie

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

on spontaneity ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for climate tax on billionaires

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

And she called for the money to be sent directly to the world's most climate-vulnerable people. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

Trump's Trial is Making Him Look Weak

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

For the wannabe strongman, looking weak is worse than looking like a crook ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for climate tax on billionaires

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

And she called for the money to be sent directly to the world's most climate-vulnerable people. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

All I ever wanted was the world

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

But first: crush today's crossword — Check out what we Skimm'd for you today April 24, 2024 Subscribe Read in browser Header Image But first: crush today's crossword Update location or View

"Public Speech" by Susan Tichy

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

It is not very often me. / When it is, I start Facebook Twitter Instagram Support Poem-a-Day April 24, 2024 Public Speech Susan Tichy It is not very often me. When it is, I start by holding on to

The Impending Demographic Collapse

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Organic population growth turns negative in 24 years ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

Review: “I Hear You’re Rich”

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Diane William's short story collection of flash fiction is sure to take your breath away. Quick, slight, incisive. Like ribbons of dreams flung into the air. Softly coloured paper ribbons unfurling

Victoria Beckham Just Dropped The Dreamiest Mango Collab & We Need Everything

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

FINALLY. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

The Best Thing: April 23, 2024

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

The Best Thing is our weekly discussion thread where we share the one thing that we read, listened to, watched, did, or otherwise enjoyed recent… ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏