The sun has burst the sky
Because I love you
And the river its banks.

The sea laps the great rocks
Because I love you
And takes no heed of the moon dragging it away
And saying coldly 'Constancy is not for you'.
The blackbird fills the air
Because I love you
With spring and lawns and shadows falling on lawns.

The people walk in the street and laugh
I love you
And far down the river ships sound their hooters
Crazy with joy

Because I love you.

Jenny Joseph (1932 – 2018), angleška pesnica, najbolj znana po pesmi »Opozorilo«.

Njene pesmi so bile prvič objavljene, ko je bila na univerzi v zgodnjih 1950-ih. Postala je novinarka in delala za Bedfordshire Times, Oxford Mail and Drum Publications (Johannesburg, Južna Afrika).

Njena prva knjiga pesmi The Unlooked-for Season je leta 1960 prejela nagrado Gregory. Za svojo drugo zbirko Rose in the Afternoon pa je prejela nagrado Cholmondeley leta 1974.