Poets House and Statue of Liberty Join Together in Project to Create Poetry Through Twitter
Poets House Twitter Followers Help Create New Poem Celebrating
the Statue of Liberty's 125th Birthday and Poets House's 25th Anniversary
Statue of Liberty
In the glimmering, salty oscillations
which bore or paint the trip, soothing
green, flicks of white - stands an island,
and, in a land of constant slumber,
when will the sleeping giant wake?
Our Lady of the Sorrows, knackered
in her copper mask, brazen glow
on the left cheek, lifts her spirits
in the fade of days and stands tall.
Despite the day and what it lacks,
from between pursed lips and with
heavy tongue, she silently speaks:
If all of life is both too much, and not enough,
you will find yourself taken here, by sailed seasons.
Take from me what you have not -
Amid the fog and fumes; among
the forlorn and the fallen; at the edge
of a tired world stands an island.
Composed by Poets House intern Zoe Donaldson from lines supplied by our Twiiter followers, in response to writing prompts devised by Mike Romanos in celebration of the Statue of Liberty's 125th Anniversary.
Read the full press release and Emma Lazarus' poem The New Colossus , here.
Huddled Masses Tweet Ode to Lady Liberty from DNAinfo.com.
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