Three Poems
by Gertrude P. McBrown


He Made Me Sing

God knew I’d struggled lone and long,
He heard me crying in the night;
He knew I was not strong
Enough to carry out the fight,
So he drew me from the noisy throng;
And breathed into my soul a song.


The Elf-Man

One sunny Autumn day
When I went out to play,
An Elf-man in a tree
Dropped colored leaves on me.


Twin Heavens

An endless stretch of blue
Flecked with wee silver lights,
A luminous, laughing ball
Brightening the inky nights.
Little brown babies tucked
Away in fleecy beds
While fleeting, fairy dreams
Dance through their drowsy heads.


These poems are in the public domain. They were originally published in 1927 in Black Opals, a Philadelphia literary magazine.