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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Chaotic Peace

Caroline Dudley

I THINK of nothing—

My mind leaps from mountain to mountain,

The drifts upon calm water.

I hear nothing—

Only the waves and the winds,

Violent and caressing.

I feel nothing—

My blood runs under my skin

Like a forest-fire underground.