| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Courtship | | By Alfred Kreymborg |
| | From “Toadstools”
GRAVEYARDS? | |
| I suppose they are— | |
| Fun. | |
| This fellow down here— | |
| Who— | 5 |
| Whom did he love and— | |
| She?— | |
| Did she—did she have cruel— | |
| Eyes? | |
| Did she—oh, those trees! | 10 |
| Why do they hunch their backs and— | |
| Sigh? | |
| Did she—and that wind! | |
| What makes him cramp his chest and— | |
| Groan? | 15 |
| And that brook and the moon, those infernal clouds— | |
| Didn’t she—didn’t she love him at all? | |
| And those white-eyed, white-eyed stones! | |
| Graveyards? | |
| I suppose they are— | 20 |
| When she loves you— | |
| Fun. | |
| Ah, to be able to die! | | | | |
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