Karle Wilson Baker

Karle Wilson Baker (née Wilson; October 13, 1878 – November 8, 1960) was an American poet and author, born in Little Rock, Arkansas. Quotes Some days my thoughts are just cocoons—all cold, and dull, and blind,They hang from dripping branches in the gray woods of my mind;And other days they drift and shine—such free and flying things!I find the gold-dust in my hair, left by their brushing wings. "Days", in B. J. Thompson, ed. Silver Pennies (1925), p. 114 Let me grow lovely, growing old—So many fine things do:Laces, and ivory, and gold,And silks need not be new;And there is healing in old trees.Old streets a glamour hold:Why may not I, as well as these,Grow lovely, growing old? "Let Me Grow Lovely", in The Salisbury Post (April 11, 1923), p. 4 External links Category:20th-century poets from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:People from Little Rock Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:1878 births Category:Women born in the 1870s Category:1960 deaths