Copyright, 1922, by
Boni & Liveright, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America

To
FEDYA RAMSAY
WHOSE HAND NEVER LEAVES MY SHOULDER

Some of the poems and stories in this book have appeared in The Dial, Harper’s Bazaar, The Little Review, The Nation, Cartoons Magazine, Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, The New York Globe, The Bookman, Vanity Fair, The Measure and The Double Dealer

CONTENTS

PAGE
Jack Rose[ 11]
Seaweed From Mars[ 13]
Turmoil in a Morgue[ 18]
Condensed Novel[ 21]
Manners[ 23]
An Acrobat, a Violinist, and a Chambermaid Celebrate[ 25]
Novel Conversation[ 28]
The Scrub-Woman[ 30]
Meditations in a Cemetery[ 32]
Simple Account of a Poet’s Life[ 34]
Candid Narrative[ 37]
Unliterary and Shameless[ 39]
Two Sonnets to My Wife[ 40]
Finalities, I-VIII[ 41]
Imaginary People, I-IV[ 47]
Uneasy Reflections[ 50]
Summer Evening: New York Subway Station[ 50]
Garbage Heap[ 52]
Impulsive Dialogue[ 53]
Emotional Monologue[ 56]
Pronounced Fantasy[ 59]
When Spirits Speak of Life[ 61]
Insanity[ 64]
Poetry[ 68]
Religion[ 72]
Scientific Philosophy[ 75]
Art[ 78]
Music[ 82]
Ethics[ 86]
History[ 90]
Psychic Phenomena[ 94]
Love[ 98]