| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Lumbermen | | By Mercedes de Acosta |
| | From “Through Windows”
I WATCH the lumbermen | |
| Winding up the mountain | |
| Between the autumn branches. | |
| I see | |
| Leaves gold, red, flame and green, | 5 |
| With flashes of faded blue between | |
| Of their overalls. | |
| Straining and pulling, | |
| Horses brown and soiled white | |
| Stagger up the mountain-side | 10 |
| Before them, | |
| Dragging huge and heavy timber. | |
| Down in the valley | |
| I can hear the echo | |
| Of the men’s muffled curses, | 15 |
| And the quick snap | |
| Of long thin whips. | | | | |
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