#ThisDaysJoy: A poem for a May day

May 1, 2022

May 01, 2022

∙ Paid

Here’s wishing you a beautiful first day of May wherever you happen to be.

This time of year always takes me back to my junior year in college when I discovered Robert Herrick’s poetry, particularly the poem “Corinna’s Going A-Maying.” I fell in love with this poem the first time I read it.

And I still love it today — particularly this last stanza.

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