Jessica Nelson North. First Autumn. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

First Autumn

By Jessica Nelson North


From “At Night” ALL in our pearl-pale window
The moon’s aroma hung.

My love and I together
Our heads upon one pillow,
Looked out where an elm upflung	5
A branch like a peacock feather.

Heigho, first autumn weather!