Zoë Akins

[Dark Muse]

I thought her poetry was just beautiful though that is not too surprising sense many of her works to have sea related themes.

The Tragedienne

A STORM is riding on the tide;
Grey is the day and grey the tide,
Far-off the sea-gulls wheel and cry--
A storm draws near upon the tide.

A city lifts its minarets
To winds that from the desert sweep;
And prisoned Arab women weep
Below the domes and minarets.

Upon a hill in Thessaly
Stand broken columns in a line
About a cold forgoten shrine,
Beneath a moon in Thessaly

But in the world there is no place
So desolate as your tragic face.

I am the Wind

I AM the wind that wavers,
You are the certain land;
I am the shadow that passes
Over the sand.

I am the leaf that quivers,
You, the unshaken tree;
You are the stars that are steadfast,
I am the sea.

You are the light eternal--
Like a torch I shall die.
You are the surge of deep music,
I but a cry!

The Wanderer

THE ships are lying in the bay,
The gulls are swinging round their spars;
My soul as eagerly as they
Desires the margin of the stars.

So much do I love wandering,
So much I love the sea and sky,
That it will be a piteous thing
In one small grave to lie.

[JBI]

I'm not sure if those poems can legally be posted here - Ms. Akin's life spanned from 1886 to 1958, so I am unsure if all those poems are really legal

Nevertheless, some interesting work, though moments seem to flicker with bathos.

[Dark Muse]

According to the website I got these poems from, none of the poems they display are still under copywrite laws, but they only choose ones that are public domain.

Here is a direct quote from where I have gotton these


Notes:
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Here is the publication dates for the poems I choose:

The Tragedienne: 1912
I am the Wind: 1914
The Wanderer: 1914