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

Spring Day

Marion Strobel

From “Perennials”

I FELT a fool

When you caught me smiling at myself

In the oval mirror;

But later in the day

A six-legged bug,

Taking ten minutes to climb across

The muscles of my arm,

Convinced me of my greatness.