Friday Poetry: Clarissa Scott Delany

Happy Friday Everyone!

My chosen poem this week is by the African-American poet, essayist, educator and social worker, Clarissa Scott Delany (1901-1927).

Joy

Joy shakes me like the wind that lifts a sail,
Like the roistering wind
That laughs through stalwart pines.
It floods me like the sun
On rain-drenched trees
That flash with silver and green.

I abandon myself to joy -
I laugh - I sing.
Too long have I walked a desolate way,
Too long stumbled down a maze
Bewildered. 

Clarissa Scott Delany

Happy Reading

Etsy

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