Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
First GrowthRichard Butler Glaenzer
From “Crayons of Dominica”
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And tell you these matted buttressed masses are trees—
Fromagers, chataigners, bois blancs and gommiers—
That solid darkness above, nothing but leaves.
No! I am creeping between the legs of monsters,
Mammoths and mastodons tangled in merciless vines.
It is their bellies that block the scorching sunlight:
The drops that fall are their sweat as they strain to the clouds.