Academy of American Poets
View Cart | Log In 
Subscribe | More Info 
Find a Poet or Poem
Advanced Search >
The Innocence of Grace 223
Selected by MyGrace
Description

This anthology is dedicated to my daughter, Gracie, who is my reason for everything. Before she was born, there was only Starlight, the endless possibilities and vast emptiness of space. Her beginning marked my beginning. From the day of her birth we have tumbled our way through the many playgrounds of life, surviving both the highs and the lows. She is young now, and my instinct is to protect her but I know there will come a day when she will consume the pomegranate and be forever changed by time. In the face of our journey, all I can do is pray.
 
Poetry
Starlight by William Meredith
You Begin by Margaret Atwood
Acrobat by Elise Paschen
Playgrounds by Laurence Alma-Tadema
The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson
Springing by Marie Ponsot
The Pomegranate by Eavan Boland
A Prayer for my Daughter by W. B. Yeats
Larger TypeLarger Type | Home | Help | Contact Us | Privacy Policy Copyright © 1997 - 2013 by Academy of American Poets.