Poetry

The Sun Dial

by Adelaide Crapsey |

Every day,
Every day,
Tell the hours
By their shadows,
By their shadows.

Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914) was an American poet from New York. Her book, Verses, was published the year after her death from tuberculosis. She invented the cinquain, a poetic form of five lines and 22 syllables.

*Photo courtesy of Ray Christy.
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