CLARE HARNER
1909-1977
American Poet

Written circa 1934

In the music style of Mississippi Delta Blues, here is Clare Harner's classic poem,
Do Not Stand By My Grave and Weep.

POEM LYRICS:
Do not stand
By my grave, and weep.
I am not there,
I do not sleep—
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning’s hush,
I am the swift, up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight,
I am the day transcending night.
Do not stand
By my grave, and cry—
I am not there,
I did not die.

— Clare Harner, The Gypsy, December 1934

AI generated art and music conducted by Tony Gerber. (http://tonygerber.bandcamp.com)

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