William H. Simpson. Landscape. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

Landscape

By William H. Simpson


From “Along Old Trails” QUIET of November waters,
White in the twilight—
A narrow rippled ribbon, thrown carelessly by anybody, across faded fields….

Troubled March waters,
Black in the noonshine—	5
In curves, pushing against the late snows, tumbling them in.