{"id":144796,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/144796-the-crystal-gazer-poem-by-sara-teasdale-1926","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/144796","headline":"\"The Crystal Gazer\" || Poem by Sara Teasdale - (1926)","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI shall gather myself into myself again,\u003cbr\u003eI shall take my scattered selves and make them one,\u003cbr\u003eFusing them into a polished crystal ball\u003cbr\u003eWhere I can see the moon and the flashing sun.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent,\u003cbr\u003eWatching the future come and the present go,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the little shifting pictures of people rushing\u003cbr\u003eIn restless self-importance to and fro.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSara Teasdale\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e (1884 – 1933) was an American lyric poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914. She is the author of many poetry collections. In 1918 she was awarded both the Columbia Poetry Prize (now the Pulitzer) and the Poetry Society of America Prize for her \"Love Songs\" collection published in 1917 ....\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Teasdale\"\u003eRead more\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"I shall gather myself into myself again,I shall take my scattered selves and make them one,Fusing them into a polished crystal ballWhere I can see the moon and the flashing sun.I shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent,Watching the future come and the present go,And the little shifting pictures of people rushingIn restless self-importance to and fro.Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933) was an American lyric poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914. She is the author of many poetry collections. In 1918 she was awarded both the Columbia Poetry Prize (now the Pulitzer) and the Poetry Society of America Prize for her \"Love Songs\" collection published in 1917 .... Read more","published_at":"2026-04-09T02:34:00-07:00","updated_at":"2025-12-12T17:25:50-08:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Poetry Alley on Kudos 365. View their photo published Apr/09/2026 on Poetry. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/AHy5f2okT7SOyntVcG4H_Sara-Teasdale,-portrait-photographR.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":15,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/144796-the-crystal-gazer-poem-by-sara-teasdale-1926","headline":"\"The Crystal Gazer\" || Poem by Sara Teasdale - (1926)","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/AHy5f2okT7SOyntVcG4H_Sara-Teasdale,-portrait-photographR.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"datePublished":"2026-04-09T02:34:00-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":15}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}