| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Provincial | | By Clara Shanafelt |
| | | THE DUNKARD ladies ride to town | |
| Demure in the wagon behind their men: | |
| Each wears a black bonnet tied under her chin, | |
| And a green or scarlet gown. | |
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| I saw three stand in an awning’s shade, | 5 |
| Where golden fruits were in prim rows laid— | |
| Plump girls, like rabbits, with dough-white skin. | |
| One sucked at a fig as at secret sin. | |
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| Half-scared, half-stolid, they eye the crowd, | |
| Blink at shop-windows, gape toward the sky. | 10 |
| A sharp Italian, chattering loud, | |
| Regards them—her glance is comedy! | | | | |
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