Poem-a-Day

The only daily poetry series publishing new work by today’s poets.

Poem-a-day

It was summer when I found you
In the meadow long ago,
And the golden vetch was growing
By the shore.

Did we falter when love took us
With a gust of great desire?
Does the barely bid the wind wait
In his course?

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on June 29, 2025, by the Academy of American Poets.

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