Maurine Smith. Wind. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

Wind

By Maurine Smith


GULLS take veering way
Through the fresh day;
Crisp brown oak-leaves whirl and rise.
Though my heart flies,
I must go	5
Carefully and slow.

Eager is the wind, shy
As any butterfly—
I’ll not blur life with my frosty breath,
Nor think again of death!	10