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