He May Not Choose

Here is another poem by Clare Harner collected in "Choir Practice," a monthly column of contemporary poetry selected by Charleston poet Ellen M. Carroll--this one appeared in the Charleston, South Carolina Evening Post on February 12, 1937; found on genealogybank.com.

Charleston Evening Post - February 12, 1937

 

HE MAY NOT CHOOSE

Man is ruler of mind,

     But the heart is master of man:

He can chart his course, to find

     That love can change the plan

-- Clare Harner, Kansas.