Peacock Feather
Heav’n’s deepest blue,
Earth’s richest green,
Minted dust of stars,
Molten sunset sheen,
Are blent together
On this lithe brown feather,
In a disc of light—
Lithe, light!
Credit
This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on June 21, 2020 by the Academy of American Poets.
About this Poem
“Peacock Feather” originally appeared in the February 1922 issue of The Crisis.
Author
Effie Lee Newsome
Effie Lee Newsome was born in 1885 in Philadelphia. One of the first African American poets who primarily published poems for children, she was the author of one volume of poetry, Gladiola Garden (The Associated Publishers, 1940).
Date Published
02/01/1922