back along the road.”
Some discerning persons have asserted that “Imagism” is derived from haikai or hokku poetry. We shall leave to them the pleasant futility of discussing that theory. They may eventually discover that they are building on the shaky premise that “Imagism” exists other than as a clever word.
The Winnowing Fan, by Laurance Binyon. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
My dears, we will tie vers libre in the garden. Then let us go into the parlor where Mr. Laurence Binyon will pour tea; it will have sugar in it. Mr. Binyon will read to you from his latest book The Winnowing Fan. He is a gentleman of taste and culture who is vexed at the Germans. He is meticulously metrical and counts his syllables. He will say nothing unexpected.... If vers libre howls in the garden, you may throw rhymes at him.
Mitchell Dawson.
Have You Read—?
(In this column will be given each month a list of current magazine articles which, as an intelligent being, you will not want to miss.)
Shadows of Revolt, by Inez Haynes Gilmore. The Masses, July.
Redemption and Dostoevsky, by Rebecca West. The New Republic, July 12.
The State of the War, by Arthur Bullard. The Masses, August.