A Tree with a Bird in it: / A Symposium of Contemporary American Poets on Being Shown a Pear-tree on Which Sat a Grackle
A TREE WITH A BIRD IN IT
A SYMPOSIUM OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETS ON BEING SHOWN A PEAR-TREE ON WHICH SAT A GRACKLE
BY MARGARET WIDDEMER
AUTHOR OF FACTORIES, THE OLD ROAD TO PARADISE, CROSS CURRENTS, ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILLIAM SAPHIER
NEW YORK HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY RAHWAY, N. J.
Margaret Widdemer
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FOREWORD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
A TREE WITH A BIRD IN IT
RESIGNATION
THE BIRD WITH THE WOE
THE UNITY OF ONENESS
OISEAURIE
IMRI SWAZEY
RAMBUNCTO
THE BIRD MISUNDERSTOOD
CHICAGO MEMORIES
FROST AND SANDBURG TONIGHT
THE UNQUIET SINGER
AT AUTUMN
RAINUV: A ROMANTIC BALLAD FROM THE EARLY BASQUE
THE SIGHING TREE
BALLADE OF SPRING CHICKENS
OH! BIRD!
THE CHARNEL BIRD
A YOUNG GIRL TO A YOUNG BIRD
THE RUNE OF THE NUDE
ADMIRATION
THE GRACKLE OF GROG
PREENINGS
TEA O' HERBS
THE WEAVER BIRD
SONNET: TREES ARE NOT SHIPS
THE GRACKLE IS THE LOON
A LANDSCAPE GETS PERSONAL
THE SYMPOSIUM LEADING NOWHERE
THE FOWL OF A THOUSAND FLIGHTS
THE ROILING OF HENRY
PANTINGS
THE WILD
THEY SEE THE BIRDIE
A BALLAD OF THE BIRD DANCE OF PIERRETTE
PIERRETTE REMEMBERS AN ENGAGEMENT
AIN'T NATURE WONDERFUL!
THE MEETING OF THE COLUMNS
THE MOCKING-HOARSE BIRD
TO A GRACKLE
CARLO THE GARDENER
THE HOBOKEN GRACKLE AND THE HOBO
DIES ILLA: A BIRD OF A MASQUE
A TREE WITH A BIRD IN IT: A RHYMED REVIEW
