| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Dark Day | | By William Carlos Williams |
| | From “Broken Windows”
A THREE-DAY-LONG rain from the east— | |
| An interminable talking, talking | |
| Of no consequence—patter, patter, patter. | |
| Hand in hand little winds | |
| Blow the thin streams aslant. | 5 |
| Warm. Distance cut off. Seclusion. | |
| A few passers-by, drawn in upon themselves, | |
| Hurry from one place to another. | |
| Winds of the white poppy! there is no escape!— | |
| An interminable talking, talking, | 10 |
| Talking…. it has happened before. | |
| Backward, backward, backward. | | | | |
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