| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Bohemian Town | | By Laura Sherry |
| | From “A Town on the River”
AN ARMY of geese cross the prairie by day. | |
| At sun-down they stream in grey and white processionals through the streets; | |
| Bohemian Joe sits on his stoop | |
| Dreaming into the smoke of his pipe, | |
| Dreaming of a boy in Bohemia. | 5 |
| Back of him lies a settlement of squat houses, | |
| And women with flowered shawls are calling the geese. | |
| The gleaming coaches of the Burlington express | |
| Flash through the street in front of him. | |
| Beyond the railroad track lives another race. | 10 |
| Bohemian Joe has not learned the new language and the new ways, | |
| But his children have crossed the track | |
| And are teaching American in the public schools. | | | | |
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