Cawein, the Kentucky poet, sets out to learn his metres from the wind in the wheat and the song of the forest bird. These verses, published in 1899, mix nature lyrics such as The Rain-Crow, The Harvest Moon and The Old Water-Mill with visions of classical and fairy myth and dark meditations on doubt.
Lush Southern nature poetry from a once-celebrated writer worth rediscovering. Download the free EPUB.