The Heart of a Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson

Georgia Douglas Johnson
1880-1966

The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, 

As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on, 

Afar o'er life's turrets and vales does it roam 

In the wake of those echoes the heart calls home. 

The heart of a woman falls back with the night, 

And enters some alien cage in its plight, 

And tries to forget it has dreamed of the stars 

While it breaks, breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars.  

Today's poem is in the public domain. 

Georgia Douglas Johnson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 10, 1880. A prolific member of the Harlem Renaissance, Johnson wrote poetry that explored romantic and sentimental traditions and ideas. Georgia Johnson died in 1966.