Dance Of The Seasons (Harriet Monroe Poems)
I-SpringAllegroWake ! wake !Out of the snow and the mist,In rain-wet wind-blown gauzeOf amber and amethyst,Cometh Spring like a girl.Trembling ...
Harriet Monroe Poems on Night (16 Poems)
Night In State Street (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Art thou he?-The seer and sage, the hero and lover-yea,The man of men, then away from the haughtydayCome with me!Ho-ho! ...
For A Child (Harriet Monroe Poems)
E. H. M.Nov. 17th, 1890-Feb. 13th, 1904Still he lies,Pale, wan, and strangely wise.Under the white coverletHe lies here sleeping yet,Though ...
The Turbine (Harriet Monroe Poems)
To W. S. M.Look at her-there she sits upon her throneAs ladylike and quiet as a nun!But if you cross ...
The Childless Woman (Harriet Monroe Poems)
O Mother of that heap of clay, so passive on your breast,Now do you stare at death, woman, who yesterday ...
The Shadow-Child (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Why do the wheels go whirring round,Mother, mother?Oh, mother, are they giants bound,And will they growl forever?Yes, fiery giants underground,Daughter, ...
A Letter To One Far Away (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Dear Wanderer-The sky is gray,With flecks of blueThe clouds rush over.A bird is singingFar away,And butterfliesTaste of the clover.Under the ...
The Humming-Bird (Harriet Monroe Poems)
What a boom! boom!Sounds among the honeysuckles!Saying, "Room! room!Hold your breath and mind your knuckles!"And a fairy birdling brightFlits like ...
Love Songs (Harriet Monroe Poems)
II LOVE my life, but not too wellTo give it to thee like a flower,So it may pleasure thee to ...
The Night-Blooming Cereus (Harriet Monroe Poems)
FLOWER of the moon!Still white is her brow whom we worshiped on earth long ago;Yea, purer than pearls in deep ...
At Twilight (Harriet Monroe Poems)
You are a painter-listen-I'll paint you a picture too!Of the long white lights that glistenThrough Michigan Avenue;With the red lights ...
In Tuolumne Meadows (Harriet Monroe Poems)
I Love to sit in the sunAnd watch the foaming LyellLeap over its granite bed.I love these days that runOn ...
A Power-Plant (Harriet Monroe Poems)
The Fisk Street turbine power station in ChicagoThe invisible wheels go softly round and round-Light is the tread of brazen-footed ...
A Garden In The Desert (Harriet Monroe Poems)
So light and soft the days fall-Like petals one by oneDown from yon tree whose flowers allMust vanish in the ...
Lake Louise (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Bluer than Helen's eyes she liesUnder the blue cloud-drifting skies;A daughter fair of light and airDropped among warrior mountains there.White ...
Wings (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Pearl-gray is the sky,And high within it, sailing by,Three sea-gulls fly.Pearl-white are theyAgainst the sky's obscurer gray-Sea-foam astray.Gulls, sea-gulls white,Drift ...