Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Yucca Is YellowingWilliam H. Simpson
From “Along Old Trails”
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Hello, yellow!
Cactus is crimsoning—
Glow, glow, red fellow!
And in the mesquite bush is seen
A splash of green:
Their beauty down an evening hill.
Who cares if strange or lonely?
No one goes the desert way—
It is for beauty only.