Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Burnt out

Kemper Hammond Broadus

I STARTED laying sod along the roof

While the smoke thickened. Blown from tree to tree,

The fire came on…. At last I dropped the spade,

And bitterly

I watched the timbers smolder and catch fire;

Heard the flame chuckling at the work I’d done—

A pleasant mouthful! Even now I can’t

Quite see the fun.