Maurice Lesemann. Appointment. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Appointment

By Maurice Lesemann


From “Brushwood” I COME from many hours of lonely
Laughter with my friend, and from many
Hours of whispering at the knees
Of a dark scornful girl I know.
I come from a swamp where gray rain glistens,	5
From headlands bleak under the blow;
And to any lonely man who listens
I will speak quietly of these
Before I light my pipe and go.