Sunset

Since Poets have told of sunset,
What is left for me to tell?
I can only say that I saw the day
Press crimson lips to the horizon gray,
And kiss the earth farewell.

Credit

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on August 8, 2021, by the Academy of American Poets.

About this Poem

“Sunset” appeared in Negro Poets and Their Poems (Associated Publishers, 1923).

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

01/01/1923