Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

With Child

Florence Kiper Frank

AH, I am heavy now and patient,

Moving as the dumb, tamed animals move, ploddingly,

Burdened, burdened;

Knowing ahead of me the iron pain—yet am I dumb and patient.

A stillness is thick and heavy upon me …

Waiting …

Inevitably you unfold within me.

Sudden I am smitten with terror—

How shall I carry the burden of a soul!