April is National Poetry Month!
The English, Foreign Languages and English as a Second Language Department is celebrating National Poetry Month with its annual Campus Poetry Project.*
Our month-long celebration of poetry closes with the following:
An Earth Song
Langston Hughes (1901-1967)
It’s an earth song,—
And I’ve been waiting long for an earth song.
It’s a spring song,—
And I’ve been waiting long for a spring song.
Strong as the shoots of a new plant
Strong as the bursting of new buds
Strong as the coming of the first child from its mother’s womb.
It’s an earth song,
A body song,
A spring song,
I have been waiting long for this spring song.
This poem is in the public domain.
https://poets.org/poem/earth-song
A poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright, Langston Hughes is known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the 1920s through the 1960s, and was important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance. (Source: Poets.org)
Previous April 2022 featured poets:
Emily Dickinson
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Robert Frost
*To view the Campus Poetry Project in Blackboard, click the “Community” tab, use “Organization Search” (bottom left corner) to find “Campus Poetry Project” and enroll.
Jennifer Austin
Assistant Professor of English
Published: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:12:22 +0000 by j.austin