Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
A Heat WaveKatherine Wisner McCluskey
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Obsessed with heat and light!
Thought panted for shelter
On to the dark of night;
But when the sun went down,
Soaked in the lukewarm sea,
I turned and saw a white-hot moon,
Pallid, peering at me!—
And my soul cried aloud,
Mad for some privacy!