from Stray Birds "[233—237]" by Rabindranath Tagore

[View this email on a browser]( [Forward to a friend]( [facebook-icon]( [tumblr-icon]( [twitter-icon]( July 28, 2019 [from Stray Birds [233—237]]( [Rabindranath Tagore]( 233 In heart’s perspective the distance looms large. 234 The moon has her light all over the sky, her dark spots to herself. 235 Do not say, “It is morning,” and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a new-born child that has no name. 236 Smoke boasts to the sky, and Ashes to the earth, that they are brothers to the fire. 237 The raindrop whispered to the jasmine, “Keep me in your heart for ever.” The jasmine sighed, “Alas,” and dropped to the ground. [Like this on Facebook]( [Share via Twitter]( This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on July 28, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets. [from Stray Birds [233--237] by Tagore]( About This Poem “[233—237]” was published in Stray Birds (Macmillan, 1921). [Rabindranath Tagore]( Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta, India, on May 7, 1861. He is the author of many poetry collections, including Gitanjali: Song Offerings (Macmillan, 1913), which received the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died on August 7, 1941. [The Essential Tagore]( Poetry by Tagore [The Essential Tagore]( (Belknap Press, 2014) from "Surge" by Etel Adnan [read-more]( "Hope is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson [read-more]( "On Love" by Kahlil Gibran [read-more]( July Guest Editor: Paul Guest Thanks to [Paul Guest](, author of Because Everything Is Terrible (Diode Editions, 2018), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month’s weekdays. Read a [Q&A with Guest]( about his curatorial approach this month and find out more about our [guest editors for the year.]( [make a one-time donation]( [illustration]( [Small-Blue-RGB-poets.org-Logo]( 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