Selected Poems of Harriet Monroe

Harriet Monroe (1860–1936) was the author of three collections of poetry: Valeria and Other Poems, Dance of the Seasons, and You and I, as well as an autobiography, A Poet's Life: Seventy Years in a Changing World. Monroe was the founding editor of Poetry magazine and led the journal for twenty-four years.Kevin McMullen is a research associate professor in the English department at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the project manager of both the Walt Whitman Archive and the Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, as well as the cocreator and editor of a digital edition of the newspaper writings of Fanny Fern (http://fannyfern.org). He also served as co-editor, with his students, of Fidelity: An Annotated Edition by Susan Glaspell.Associate Editors: Isabel Anderson, Grayce Baustert, Tommy Beemer, Saylor Behrens, Gabriel Bennett, Ariana Joy S. Cobler, Danni Cooper, Sophia Dao, Suzette Donovan, Stephen Exon, Mason Gadwood, Jared Ganshorn, Megan Hacker, Alexa Rose Harrington, Aubrey Herzberg, Shaylee Hipsag, Emma Izzo, Madeleine Lewis, Reagan Maulick, Terezie Moudra, Lilian Nguyen, Cole Osborne, Harvey Wiersma, and Ava M. Williams

"This judiciously selected edition of Harriet Monroe's poetry—some treasures never before published—helps readers to recognize the magisterial editor of Poetry magazine as a talented poet among others she brought to the attention of the English-speaking world."—Adrienne Munich, coeditor of Selected Poems of Amy Lowell

• Editors' ForewordIntroductionPoemsOrigin of the TidesIn the BeginningA WreckA PastelLove's PowerTo Robert Louis StevensonA Daughter of the DakotasTo W. S. M.The HotelNight On State StreetThe TurbineOur CanalFor PeaceMyselfLove SongsThe WomanThe Shadow-ChildHis StenographerA Little Old MaidThe Childless WomanA StoryWhy NotAt TwilightA Power PlantThe TelephoneBeyond the SunsThe Hetch-HetchyThe SageThe Giant Cactus of ArizonaIn the AirSelections from "Dance of the Seasons"The DifferenceAzaleasThe Mocking-birdOn the TrainThe Pine at TimberlineThe MomentOn a Photograph of the MoonTheir GodRubensA Letter of FarewellThese TwoTen Years OldSupernal DialogueThe Theatre of DionysusVeniceThe Graf ZeppelinThe Sky-Scraper[Untitled: O little virgins fair!]Under the Lilacs[Untitled: My friend, If sex is the heart of life]At NoonPlaintAcknowledgmentsNotes